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Dhunseri Petrochem completes formation of JV with Thailand's Indorama Ventures

The JV will gain from significant synergies as being the sole producer of PET resin in Northern & Eastern India and with all its manufacturing sites effectively integrated with third party PTA sup

Plastics consumption in India to reach 20 mn TPA by 2020

Exports of finished plastic products expected to double to $ 15 billion in the next 5 years, says Plastindia Foundation, which will organise Plastindia 2018 event in Gujarat

Thermo Fisher opens clinical services facility in South Korea

Over the past few years, clinical trials have consistently grown in South Korea, making it a leading emerging nation for clinical trial research in Asia

Digitalisation and smart manufacturing: The way ahead to a sustainable India

The integration and interplay of product lifecycle management, factory automation and digitalisation will be key to the future of manufacturing, says Ashish Bhat

European chemical association supports conclusion of TTIP agreement

The EU and the US make up 60 percent of global GDP amounting to over Euro 700 billion per year of goods and services traded. Chemicals are one of the top of all traded commodities

Bayer Crop Science to invest Euro 2.5 billion in R&D

The company's research team is working with more than 20 R&D targets in chemical crop protection, six targets for biological crop protection and eight targets for traits

Merck opens OLED materials manufacturing plant in Germany

Built with a total investment of around Euro 30 million, the plant enables a fivefold increase in production capacity of OLED materials, which are used in displays and lighting systems

IOCL to consult Engineers India for BS-VI upgradation project at six refineries

EIL will EPC management services to Indian Oil Corporation for implementing BS VI quality upgradation program at its six refineries in Panipat, Mathura, Gujarat, Haldia, Bongaigaon and Digboi

Indoco Remedies receives six 483s for Goa plant from US FDA

Form 483s were issued after the US drug regulator inspected the company's Goa plant II in connection with ANDA filings for injectable

Shell Lubricants partners with Komatsu to launch diesel engine oil

The specially reformulated lubricant - Komatsu Genuine oil 15W-40 - has application in construction and mining equipment

Aarti Industries starts commercial production at ethylation unit

The company has also commissioned the second phase expansion project of PDA, which is used in engineering polymer

Conference on industrial mixing technology to be held in Mumbai

Organised by Calibre Communications, the conference will focus on techniques to optimise industrial mixing, one of the most important processes in chemical industry

Rosneft and ChemChina spell out framework for implementing petrochemical project

The Far-Eastern petrochemical company (FEPCO) project will provide high value-added chemical products across Asia-Pacific market

Sabic and Shenhua Group to set up coal-to-chemicals complex in China

The facility will focus on highly-differentiated applications and segments through polymers derivatives

Syngene opens R&D centre for Amgen in Bangalore

This will be Syngene's fourth such exclusive R&D centre. It already operates dedicated R&D centres for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Nutrition and Baxter Inc

Glenmark discovers new biologic drug for cancer treatment

The company is likely to file an investigational new drug (IND) application with the US FDA for the new drug, GBR 1372, in the second half of the next financial year FY 2018

Henkel India appoints Shilip Kumar as president

He succeeds Jeremy Hunter, who after leading the India business for last five years has moved to Shanghai as president - Henkel China

Zachry Group buys Catalyst Services from Clean Harbors

The acquisition will help Zachry to provide the most comprehensive slate of services across the entire life cycle of industrial, refining and petrochemical facilities

Global market for refining catalysts to reach $4.7 bn by 2020

While global demand for refining catalysts in all applications will experience healthy growth, fluid catalytic cracking catalysts will post the fastest growth, says Freedonia Group

India's exports to ASEAN stagnate, while imports up 33%: Assocham

While exports have remained at $ 25 billion since start of FTA with ASEAN, imports have rose by over 33% to $ 40 billion. This raises question mark on FTA.