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BASF offers polyamide made from renewable raw materials
The new offering, Ultramid, opens excellent possibilities for flexible packaging film manufacturers to market their 'green' products
Styrolution inaugurates new styrene acrylonitrile unit in Gujarat
Investment supports rising demand for Absolan, Styrolution's styrene acrylonitrile copolymer (SAN) brand, in key growth industries in India
Accenture to provide Sadara with strategic business support services
The multi-year agreement to support Sadara in operating enterprise-wide IT infrastructure
Celanese to add compounding unit at Kentucky facility
The new compounding unit is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2015
Pluss Polymers organises e-waste awareness seminar in Gurgaon
The session was held in a Gurgaon school to educate the teachers and the administrative staff about the importance of e-waste management
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Ineos and Doeflex to combine S-PVC compounding businesses
The combined business would be run by an integrated management team from both entities
Veena Industries inks pact with BARC for biodegradable films technology
The technology to produce biodegradable edible films for food and pharmaceutical packaging from natural resources have been developed by BARC
CIPET to buy Hindustan Flurocarbons' land for expansion
The premier plastics technology institute will pay about Rs 7 crore for 20 acres land
BASF to set up polyalkylene glycol plant in Germany
The plant, which will support growth of lubricant formulators, will start operations by the beginning of 2016
Hitech Plast appoints Bharat Gosalia as CFO
He will replace Satish Samant who recently regined as CFO
Cheap imports force Andhra Petrochemicals to shut down Vizag plant
The company is the sole producers of oxo alcohols in India
Ineos to provide Qatari firm EPS technology
EPS Qatar to use Ineos Technologies' EPS process for its new 50 kilo tonne expandable polystyrene (EPS) project in the Doha region
Efforts to set up petrochemical hubs to gain momentum: Ananth Kumar
The Minister of Chemicals & Fertilisers stressed that the government also plans to revive all closed urea plants and make the country self-reliant in fertiliser supply
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Phase change materials offer innovative solutions for saving energy
Phase change materials, which can be used in a wide range of applications, enable low cost thermal energy storage solutions for countries such as India, thus reducing energy consumption
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Raj Rayon Industries restarts partial production at Silvassa plant
While the company has partially started production in its polyester texturised yarn plant, the continuous polymerisation plant expected to restart in July 2014
Wacker expands dispersible polymer powders capacity in Germany
The German chemical company has increased annual capacity by 50,000 metric tonnes, by investing around Euro 20 million at its Burghausen site
Linde to partner with Siluria for ethylene technology
The primary objective of the agreement is to combine the respective company's technologies and expertise into an optimised and integrated package which Linde would license to the petrochemicals indust
Indorama Ventures acquires Turkish PET resin maker Artenius TurkPET
This is the second acquisition of the Thai firm in Turkey this year. In April 2014, it had acquired 51% of Istanbul-listed Polyester Sanayi A S
Linde and BASF join hands to develop on-purpose butadiene technology
The new process will deliver an on-purpose route from butane to butadiene via butenes
Premier Polyfilm to set up PVC products plant
The company will invest about Rs 15 crore in the new unit