Page 12 - Chemicals

Synthomer buys Perstorp Oxo Belgium for € 78 million

Perstorp Oxo Belgium serves decorative & industrial coatings sectors with its performance additives

Thrust on infrastructure to boost phthalic anhydride demand: Nikunj Dhanuka

In this interview, IG Petrochemicals' MD & CEO highlights the changing dynamics of PAN market

German chemicals group BASF opens innovation campus Asia Pacific in Mumbai

The € 50 mn campus, with up to 300 scientists, is the group's biggest R&D investment in South Asia

Dow Polyurethanes to expand manufacturing capacity by 50% in India

It will also invest in new technology centre in Mumbai to accelerate innovation in the region

Clariant to strengthen presence in Indian home & personal care sector

With its natural ingredients, the company aims to tap the growing organic cosmetic products market

BASF doubles mobile emissions catalysts capacity in India with new facility

The new site, located in Chennai, will help local automakers to meet stricter govt emissions norms

Chemicals & plastics sector to achieve 15% growth in 3 years: Ananth Kumar

Govt constitutes task force to design a national policy for sustainable plastic waste management

Arkema to set up PEKK polymer production plant in US

Investments will serve the carbon fibre reinforced composites & additive manufacturing markets

Invista plans to divest apparel & advanced textiles business

The company said it was exploring strategic alternatives for this business - including a sell-off

L&T Hydrocarbon bags Rs 1100 crore order for Indian Oil's cracking unit

IOCL is setting up Indmax fluidised cracking unit (FCC) of 0.740 MMTPA at its Bongaigaon refinery

Kirloskar adopts Honeywell's eco-friendly refrigerant for new chiller line

Solstice ze is an environmentally preferable hydrofluoro-olefin refrigerant developed by Honeywell

Accella to buy spray polyurethane foam business from Covestro

It expands Accella's core technology offering in spray PU foam insulation & roofing markets

Evonik-Grupo Idesa JV CyPlus opens sodium cyanide plant in Mexico

Mining process in gold & silver industry uses sodium cyanide to extract precious metals from mineral

A Schulman joins coalition to advance gas storage technology for automotive

The coalition of ANGP, UTRC & Ingevity is developing low pressure gas storage tank for vehicles

Cristal sells titanium dioxide business to Tronox for $1.673 billion

Tronox also announces intent to begin process to sell its alkali business

Mitsui Chemicals & SKC Polyurethanes to set up facility in India

Polyurethane system plant, to be located in AP, will aim to tap auto & home appliances industries

Meghmani Finechem plans Rs 140-crore chloromethane plant in Dahej

The plant, with 40,000 TPA capacity, will be commissioned in March 2018

Sadara Chemical ropes in auto industry to set up cluster in PlasChem Park

Cluster, enabling local production of auto parts, will house OEMs and tier 1 & 2 manufacturers

Merger of Abu Dhabi's IPIC and Mubadala creates $125-bn behemoth giant

Petroleum & petrochemicals business to account for about 31% of the merged entity

New technologies to drive global biofuels demand to 67 bn gallons in 2022

Advanced biofuels will nearly double in 5 years to 9.6 billion gallons per year, says Lux Research