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Natural flavours & fragrances demand in food to reach $ 960 mn in 2020

Demand for natural flavours that can compensate for reduced sodium, sugar, and fat in foods will continue to be strong, says Freedonia Group report

Gujarat Alkalies to invest Rs 683 cr for setting up chloromethanes plant

The company has also revised the project cost for its JV, GACL-Nalco Alkalies (formed to set up a caustic soda plant along with power plant at Dahej), to about Rs 2000 crores

Bayer to set up active ingredients plant for agrochemicals in Vapi

The German company will invest Euro 30 million for the new plant in Vapi, where it recently opened a global formulation technology laboratory

Reliance receives first ethane carrier from Samsung

RIL has given an order for construction of six such vessels, which will be used by the company for transporting ethane from the US to India for the production of petrochemicals

Air purification market pushes demand for activated carbon in US

Gains resulted from the phase-in of the EPA's Mercury & Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which had a final implementation deadline in early 2016, says a Freedonia Group's report

Fertiliser council ICFNR to adopt international best practices in research

It is of prime importance to have an indigenous research environment in India to achieve food security, according to Ananth Kumar

IG Petrochemicals buys Mysore Petro Chemicals' maleic anhydride business

Mysore Petro Chemicals (MPCL) procures wash water, a raw material required for the production of maleic anhydride, from IG Petrochemicals

Mahindra HZPC opens Aeroponics facility for potato cultivation

The new facility in Mohali will use Aeroponics plant cultivation technique, in which plant roots are suspended in the air, to produce high-quality potato seeds

Alfa Laval bags $ 14 mn order for heat exchangers

The order was placed for the supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers by a petrochemical plant in the Middle East

MOL Group to invest $ 1.9 bn in petrochemicals business

In order to allow further diversification in the propylene value chain, MOL Group will invest more than $ 500 million into its steam crackers in Hungary and Slovakia

BASF to invest Euro 200 mn to increase global plastic additives capacity

The company's plastic additives business will make this investment, approximately half of which in Asia, in the next five years

L&T ties up with Japan's Chiyoda for emission control technology

Indian firm has signed licence agreement with Chiyoda Corp for its flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) technology, which reduces sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions in thermal power plants

Merck invests Euro 250 mn to expand pharma business' production in China

The investment will support Merck's expansion in China, which is expected to become the world's second-largest pharmaceutical market by 2018

Wacker to expand pyrogenic silica production in Germany

The company will expand the specialty HDK pyrogenic silica plant at Burghausen (Germany), increasing the capacity of hydrophobic specialties by 40 percent

Merck and Idemitsu to collaborate for OLED material development

Agreement will allow greater freedom for both companies to develop high-performance materials under specified conditions

Technip and FMC bag EPCI award for Statoil's Trestakk field development

While Technip will supply the flexible riser, production flowline, gas injection line, flexible jumpers & umbilicals, FMC Technologies will provide the subsea production system

Is customisation the future of personal care industry?

Rising technological developments and product innovations are projected to be introduced in the next five years in countries such as China, India, Japan and South Korea, says Dr Mosongo Moukwa

Trump Presidency could result in more US carbon emissions than a Clinton one

The US energy landscape is poised for a change under either President, but Trump's policies would leave emissions 16% higher after two terms than Clinton's, says Lux Research study

Advanced Enzymes buys 70% stake in APIs maker JC Biotech

The acquisition will strengthen Advanced Enzymes' leadership position in API serratiopeptidase with 80% market share and also enables its foray into biopharma & algal DHA

Smart way forward for Indian engineering industry

Going forward, integrating world class manufacturing and smart manufacturing practices is an effective answer to the challenges facing the engineering sector, says Aakash Borse