Page 8 - Chemicals

Clariant & Huntsman merger to create $13 bn specialty chemicals behemoth

More than $3.5 billion value creation through annual cost synergies in excess of $400 million

Alternative chemicals separation technologies are worthwhile investments

Membrane & sorbent technologies have potential to make separation methods 10X more energy efficient

ExxonMobil Chemical to acquire Jurong Aromatics' plant in Singapore

Plant will enable cost-competitive growth of ExxonMobil's strategic aromatics business

Tata Chemicals buys Unnati Inorganics' precipitated silica operation

This specialty chemical product represents a downward value addition to TCL's soda ash business

Praj starts second generation bio-refinery demo plant for renewable fuels

It will produce 1 MLPA ethanol by processing agri-residues like rice & wheat straw, cane trash, etc

Vikas Ecotech bags order for organotin stabilisers from Mexico's Mexichem

The organotin stabiliser will be used in the manufacturing of food-grade PVC compounds & pipes

PI Industries partners with Germany's BASF for crop protection solutions

The company will market BASF's fungicides & herbicides for rice, maize, fruits & vegetables markets

Air Products inks pact with Sinopec and EPEC for e-commerce in China

It is the first industrial gases supplier to form a partnership with Sinopec & EPEC on e-commerce

Vopak and AltaGas to jointly invest in Canada's propane export terminal

RIPET project, in which Vopak will take 30% stake, is designed to ship 1.2 MTPA of propane

Practical tips to overcome challenges in Indian agrochemicals sector

Govt & industry need to work together to keep up the sector's growth momentum, says Ankur Aggarwal

BASF & HP Indigo to co-develop water-based adhesive solutions

These solutions will be specially tailored for requirements of HP Indigo's digital printing process

Sabic to join forces with Dutch firm Airborne for composites production

They will collaborate for development of fully-automated & digitised composites production processes

Cabinet approves plan to set up urea manufacturing plant in Malaysia

The project, expected to cost $ 2.1 bn, to produce 2.4 MTPA of urea & 1.35 MTPA of ammonia

US-based Axalta Coating opens new India headquarters in Gurugram

The opening follows Axalta's plans, announced in October 2015, to expand its Vadodara facility

Covestro is in India for the long haul: Dr Markus Steilemann

Head of innovation of Covestro AG believes India will be a formidable part of its growth strategy

Ineos Styrolution to increase ABS and ASA capacity in US & Mexico

It will build new 100-kt ASA plant in Texas, while raise ABS capacity at its ABS-ASA plant in Mexico

TechnipFMC bags EPC contract for sulfate reduction plant in Abu Dhabi

The objective of the EPC project is the installation of a sulfate reduction plant module (SRP)

Grupa Azoty to use Thyssenkrupp's technology for nitric acid plant

The plant, located at Pulawy (Poland), is key to Grupa Azoty's plans to develop fertiliser project

Dow-Saudi Aramco JV Sadara starts fourth polyethylene production unit

Sadara enables Dow to offer plastic products to growing markets such as APAC, India, ME, Africa, etc

Air Products opens plant in China for LCD panel fab of HKC Optoelectronics

The fab will fuel Chongqing's ambition of becoming a Yuan 100-billion LCD production base by 2020