Page 26 - Chemicals

Praxair to supply oxygen & nitrogen for MEGlobal's ethylene glycol plant

As part of this project, Praxair will also construct a new carbon dioxide purification and liquefaction facility

Brenntag buys distribution business of EPChem in Singapore

The move with help the German chemical distribution company to strengthen its specialty chemicals business in Asia Pacific

Sun Pharma buys US-based Ocular Technologies for $ 40 million

The acquisition of Ocular Technologies, which is developing Seciera for the treatment of Dry Eye Disease, will enhance Sun Pharma's specialty ophthalmic pipeline

Dr Reddy's partners Gland Pharma in the US to market injectables

Through this alliance two companies are aiming to target a range of injectable products - the combined annual sale of which (branded as well as generics) is estimated at about $ 1 billion

Trinseo to increase capacity of styrene butadiene rubber in Germany

With this expansion, aimed at meeting growing customer demand for S-SBR in performance tyres, the company's global S-SBR production will go up 33 percent

Arkema increases Kynar fluoropolymer capacity in China

Capacity increase will help the company to meet growing demand for this product in Asia for applications such as new energies (batteries & photovoltaics) and water treatment

Sagarmala project to result in savings of Rs 35,000 cr for India

The ambitious programme for port-led development in the country will help in reducing the logistics cost for both domestic and EXIM cargo with optimised infrastructure investment

Indian Patent Office to create awareness programme for new IPR policy

The aim of the new policy is to provide IP protection in India to the innovator in a reasonable period of time without much problems, says O P Gupta, Controller General of Patents

The $ 240 bn biosimilar opportunity: Buddy up to succeed

Indian pharma companies will have to adopt strategy of collaboration (with global or domestic firms) to succeed in the market as cost of developing biosimilars are very high, says Pushpa Vijayraghavan

Gulf Oil Lubricants plans to start production from Chennai plant in Oct 2017

The company is in process of setting up the lubricants plant having annual capacity of 40,000-50,000 kilo litre (KL)

Lanxess India inks pact to upgrade civil hospital's facilities in Nagda

As per the three-year agreement, the German specialty chemicals firm will contribute towards the upgradation of the existing facilities of the hospital

IIIM-CSIR opens cGMP plant in Jammu for phyto-pharmaceuticals

The CGMP facility will help in extraction, formulation and packaging of medicinal plant based phyto-pharmaceutical drugs

Kribhco and Morocco's OCP to set up $230 mn fertiliser plant in AP

The greenfield plant, located at Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), will have an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tonne (MT) of NPK fertilisers

Fire at Deepak Nitrite's manufacturing facility in Roha

Fire broke out early morning today at one of the distillation columns of the facility located in Roha (Maharashtra)

RIL's petrochemicals biz records revenue of Rs 22,422 cr in Q2 FY17

Rise in refining, petrochemical and retail businesses volumes helps Reliance Industries to increase turnover by 9.6% to Rs 81,651 cr in Q2 2016-17

Evonik begins work on $550-mn methionine complex in Singapore

The second complex of methionine, which used as an animal feed additive, will double Evonik's production capacity in Singapore to 300,000 metric tonnes per annum

BASF to gradually restart steam crackers at fire-affected Ludwigshafen site

The company has also declared force majeure for the purchase of naphtha, ethylene and propylene following the fire, which has damaged various pipelines

Praxair and GE Aviation form JV to develop specialised coatings

The JV company, PG Technologies, will focus on development and application of specialised coatings tailored for GE Aviation's and CFM International's current and future engine models

Reliance to shutdown FCC unit in Jamnagar refinery for maintenance

The shutdown, which will start from the second week of November 2016 for about 5 weeks, will provide an opportunity to carry out a revamp job in one of the polypropylene units

Thirumalai Chemicals plans expansion in India and Malaysia

Through these expansion projects, the company will increase capacity of phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, food ingredients, fine chemicals, etc