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RPG Life Sciences ties up Italian firm to foray into cosmetics
Through the tie-up with Labo Cosprophar, the Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company will launch two new products for hair and skin care
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Clariant buys Carboflex's stake to takeover Brazilian consortium
The acquisition will help Clariant's oil and mining services business unit to further expand its offshore offering
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Air Liquide sells US assets to Matheson in connection with Airgas acquisition
The company has divested eighteen air separation units; two nitrous oxide facilities; four liquid carbon dioxide facilities; and three Airgas retail packaged welding gas stores in Alaska
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Covestro to expand MDI capacity at German site
The production capacity at the Brunsbuttel site will be roughly doubled to a total of approximately 400,000 metric tonnes of MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) per year
Impact of Brexit to be majorly on drug and medical device regulation: Report
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is headquartered in the UK, is likely to be swiftly relocated to the EU, says GlobalData in a whitepaper
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GSFC to shutdown ammonia plant for 9 days
During the period, the Urea-I plant will also remain closed, while Urea-II plant will continue to run on low load
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Govt withdraws the Bill amending Drugs and Cosmetics Act
The government has decided to comprehensively review the existing law with objectives of facilitating the ease of doing business and enhancing the quality of Indian pharma products
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Henkel acquires Sun Products for $ 3.6 bn from Vestar Capital Partners
With the acquisition, Henkel will advance to second position in the laundry care market in North America
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Global enzymes market to reach $7.2 billion in 2020: Report
While demand for enzymes used in research, biotech and diagnostics is like to post strong gains, the fastest growth will be seen for biocatalysts, particularly used in pharma, says Freedonia report
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Evonik becomes first firm to produce biosurfactants on industrial scale
The company uses biotech methods to produce surfactants - key components of modern shampoos, shower gels, and household cleansers - targeted at home and personal care market
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Wacker to expand silicone sealants and specialty silicones capacity in South Korea
The new production site for silicone sealants, encapsulants, thermal interface materials and liquid silicone rubber is expected to go on-stream in the first quarter of 2018
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Gail places Rs 500 cr orders for line pipes with four companies
Jindal Saw, Man Industries, Essar Steel and Zhongyou BSS will supply line pipes for Gail's Phulpur (UP) - Dobhi (Bihar) section of the Phulpur-Haldia pipeline
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Unipetrol awards Talke contact to build logistics facility for polyethylene unit
The contract, worth CZK 700 million (about $ 29 million), is part of new polyethylene unit project (PE3), the biggest investment in the history of the Czech petrochemical industry
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Toray to enhance PP spunbond nonwoven fabric capacity in South Korea
Toray Group as a major PP spunbond supplier in Asia is expanding its business into emerging markets such as China, India and ASEAN countries to tap the disposable diapers industry
Opengate Capital acquires Italian PVC firm Alfatherm
Transaction represents OpenGate's sixth acquisition in the PVC chemicals sector
Covestro uses CO2 to make plastics on industrial scale
The company has opened a plant in Dormagen (Germany) that uses carbon dioxide (CO2) as a raw material instead of crude oil to produce polyols, which are used in polyurethane foam
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Lanxess India wins the TRILA award for rubber chemicals
The award recognises the robust growth registered by the business line Anti-Oxidants & Accelerators (AXX) under Advanced Industrial Intermediates (AII) business unit (BU)
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Sanmar selects Jacobs to build PVC plant in Egypt
Jacobs to provide detailed engineering and procurement assistance services to TCI Sanmar Chemical for expanding the PVC capacity from 200,000 TPA to 400,000 TPA in Egypt
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Reliance-IIP jointly develop technology for benzene extraction from FCC light naphtha
Using this technology, refiners can reduce the benzene content in their gasoline to meet regulatory requirements
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Asian Paints revises plans for proposed Vizag plant
The company has decided to revise its plans of setting up of the plant with a maximum capacity of 500,000 kiloliters per annum
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