Page 10 - Chemicals

Total-Hanwha JV to invest $450 mn for expansion of South Korean refinery

The investment will increase the site's ethylene capacity by 30% to 1.4 million tonnes per annum

Mitsui Chemicals & Toyota Boshoku tie up for high impact-resistant plastic

The deal aims to increase the use of this material as a plastic modifier made by Mitsui Chemicals

Specialty chemicals firm Aarti Industries to set up R&D centre in Gujarat

The new complex at Jhagadia will comprise R&D & innovation centres and a scale-up facility

EP Minerals buys BASF's bleaching clay and mineral adsorbents businesses

Divested businesses are part of the process catalysts business unit of BASF's catalysts division

Sika expands capacity in Mexico with new mortar production facility

The new plant at Coatzacoalcos will also manufacture concrete admixtures

Ashland to acquire Reichhold's composites manufacturing facility in France

The Etain facility produces unsaturated polyester resins used in a variety of end-user industries

Andhra Sugars selects Thyssenkrupp for expansion of caustic soda facility

The company to raise caustic soda capacity at its Saggonda chemical complex from 436 TDP to 600 TPD

Essel Group ME & Gensource to set up potash production facility in Canada

In the first phase, the JV, Vanguard Potash Corp, will build a 250,000-TPA potash plant

Gulf Oil arm Houghton International to combine with Quaker Chemical

Hinduja Group, the owner of Gulf Oil International, to receive $172.5 mn in cash

AkzoNobel, ABT & EY launch tool to monitor bio-based materials in chemicals

It will be the first tool to use e-certification to track bio-based content along the value chain

Solvay sells Italian polyolefin cross-linkable compounds biz to Finproject

Finproject is a manufacturer of injection moulded foam, and polyolefin-based & PVC compounds

Shell's new global technology centre in Bengaluru to focus on clean energy

Centre to work closely with external industrial partners, universities and institutes (like IITs)

Merck launches advanced lab water purification technology Milli-Q IQ 7000

The new system, designed to raise productivity, is first to use eco-friendly, mercury-free UV lamps

Sabic and Sinopec to explore new petrochemical projects in JV

Projects to serve downstream industries such as auto, electronics, packaging, medical devices, etc

Chemicals exports reach $ 9.76 billion in Apr-Dec 2017

The industry has shown tremendous resilience in adverse global conditions, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Wadia Group buys Belgium-based Solvay's 25% stake in National Peroxide

With this deal, Wadia Group raises its holding in National Peroxide Ltd to over 70 percent

Bodal Chemicals buys 70% stake in dye intermediates maker SPS Processors

With this, BCL will be able to increase manufacturing capacities of dye intermediates by 25 percent

Stahl to acquire BASF's leather chemicals business

As per the deal, BASF will receive 16% stake in Stahl, a manufacturer of process chemicals

Dow Chemical-DuPont merger to have adverse effect on competition: CCI

The Competition Commission has initiated scrutiny of the deal by inviting comments from the public

US-based adhesives major HB Fuller invests $ 20 million in India

It expands operations in the country by setting R&D center in Shirwal and business office in Pune