Page 77 - Plastics & Polymers

Libra Techcon bags orders from Total Oil and Henkel

While Libra Techcon will be involved in Total Oil's bitumen facility project, Henkel has commissioned the company to study alternative energy resources for Henkel's project in Pune

Pune Municipal Corporation joins hand with BASF for waste management

Municipal officials address challenges of managing organic waste by using compostable waste bags made from BASF's ecovio, thus enabling source-segregation of organic wastes

Birla Carbon ropes in Dutch distributor IMCD to expand European business

The Aditya Birla Group company has extended its exclusive distribution agreement with IMCD for the sale of specialty black products to include South East Europe and Poland

L&T Hydrocarbon wins orders worth Rs 1,920 cr

The division has secured Rs 1,340 cr offshore contract from ONGC and Rs 580 cr deal from top company hydrocarbon downstream processing firm

Evonik to expand specialty silica capacities in Japan

The company aims to tap the attractive Japanese market with its innovative and custom tailored specialty silica

Evonik plans Euro 2 bn investment in German to expand operations

The company to build new large-scale industrial plants at Marl and Wesseling

Lanxess launches retanning agents based on biopolymers

The Levotan X-Biomer technology effectively utilises biopolymers for a more sustainable production of high quality leather

Royal Adhesives & Sealant buys Chemque

The acquisition of Chemque will strengthen Royal's position in adhesives, sealants and coatings business

Abhisar Buildwell inks rubber threads supply pact with Rubfila

The DS Group company will exclusively supply rubber threads to Rubfila International, which manufactures heat resistant latex rubber threads

INEOS and Doeflex Compounding merge PVC compounding businesses

The merger will create a leading European PVC compounds producer with a turnover in excess of Euro 200 million

A Schulman acquires Australian plastic compound maker Compco

This is likely to help A Schulman to continue its growth momentum in Asia Pacific

Jindal Specialty Textile aims for Rs 200 crore turnover

This will generate additional profit of Rs 20-25 crores to its parent company, Jindal Cotex Ltd

BASF hikes pigments and dyes prices

These products are mainly used as raw materials in the coatings and paints, and in the printing and plastics industries

Albemarle and ICL join hands to tap flame retardants market

The two companies form JV to manufacture polymeric flame retardants that are designed to replace hexabromocyclododecane, which is being phased out in many countries

Africa, ME, Asia to drive global biofuels demand to 115 mn tonnes by 2018

Growth in 2013-18 period likely to be moderate compared to 2008-13 period as demand from the US stagnates, says the Freedonia Group report

Reliance Industries to shut down Hazira cracker for 4 weeks

RIL plans to undertake turnaround activities to enhance productivity

MRPL commissions petro fluidised catalytic cracking unit

This will increase its production of LPG, light distillates and propylene, which is a feed for polypropylene unit

German researchers develop method to make plastic recycling process easy

Researchers from LMU, Munich, have developed a method, which enables automated identification of polymers, facilitating rapid separation of plastics for re-use

China cancels anti-dumping duty on Indian phthalic anhydride

Phthalic anhydride is an important industrial chemical mainly used in the mass production of plasticiser for plastics

EU initiates project to study flame retardant pollution

The Euro 1.2-mn project's main research goal is to increase understanding of the environmental fate and behaviour of brominated persistent organic chemicals