Page 10 - Chemicals

Nova Chemicals buys Williams Partners' Geismar olefins plant for $2.1 bn

The deal will allow the company to benefit from the access to significant US shale gas reserves

NBCC, Berger Paints tie up for European thermal insulation technology

They will jointly work to bring external thermal insulation and composite systems (ETICS) in India

HPCL, Rajasthan Govt ink revised MoU for proposed 9 MMTPA refinery

Proposal to set up the Rs 37,230-cr refinery at Barmer district was first announced in March 2013

Ashland acquires ingredients maker Pharmachem Laboratories for $ 660 mn

Deal to strengthen Ashland's position in fast-growing nutraceuticals market

Axalta to buy Valspar's North American wood coatings business for $420 mn

The deal is aimed at securing regulatory clearance for Sherwin-Williams' acquisition of Valspar

PPG acquires 40% stake in Taiwan Chlorine Industries

The company will buy the stakes from China Petrochemical Development Corporation

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