Page 10 - Chemicals

Winning strategies for companies to succeed in ever-changing pharma market

Pharma leaders need to take swift steps to get ahead of emerging changes, says Utkarsh Palnitkar

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

Cipla to collaborate with US-based MEDRx for muscle relaxant drug

As per the deal, MEDRx to receive upfront payment of about $ 30 mn & will be eligible for royalties

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

"Rise in regulatory inspections is good for analytical equipment industry"

In this interview, Amit Chopra, MD, Thermo Fisher Scientific India, analyses growth of the industry

Government's focus on agriculture to give farm & firm a boost

Research shows that the year agriculture does well, the economy does well too, says Rajesh Aggarwal

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

Eli Lilly plans $ 850 million investment for expansion in US

To invest $85 mn to expand its Trulicity (dulaglutide) device assembly operations in Indianapolis

L&T bags Rs 705 crores order for water transmission project in Tanzania

The project will be executed by L&T in a joint venture with Shriram EPC