Page 14 - Chemicals

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

DSM buys Chinese solar PV backsheet maker Suzhou SunShine

This will help DSM expand its product portfolio for solar PV market by including polymer sheets

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

Deepak Fertilisers starts production of NPK fertilisers at new Taloja plant

The Rs 800-crore plant will raise its capacity to 11 lakh MTPA from 3 lakh MTPA in a phased manner

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

IL&FS Engineering bags two pipeline contracts worth Rs 123 cr from Gail

The company is already executing a part of the Kochi-Koottanad-Mangalore pipeline project for Gail

US FDA accepts application of Mylan & Biocon for biosimilar pegfilgrastim

The proposed biosimilar is used to reduce the duration of neutropenia (low count of neutrophils)

Mitsui Chemicals buys 10% stake in Belchim Crop Protection

With this deal, Mitsui will enhance its overseas business and strengthen its sales considerably

CB&I to provide technology for propane dehydrogenation unit in China

Contract for the unit, producing 600,000 TPA of propylene, was awarded by Dongguan Grand Resource

Asian Paints acquires Sri Lankan firm Causeway Paints

Causeway Paints had reported revenues of approximately Rs 253.60 crore in the previous fiscal

Finolex Industries to make Lubrizol's FlowGuard CPVC pipes in India

The product, to be launched in March 2017, will cater to the building and construction industry

Evonik expands range of rubber additives for tyre applications

Polyvest ST can significantly reduce rolling resistance in tyres, thus lowering CO2 emissions