Page 67 - Chemicals

Zydus buys Zoetis' select brands and Haridwar plant

The move will help Zydus expand its animal health business in India and gain access to manufacturing operations which have also been catering to global markets

Dyadic sells industrial technology business to DuPont

Following the deal, Dyadic intends to focus exclusively on its biopharmaceutical business

Dow sells stake in MEGlobal to Equate Petrochemical

As a result of this deal, Dow has received $1.5 billion in pre-tax proceeds

Evonik to set up specialty copolyester plant in Germany

Special copolyesters for pre-coated metal coatings cater the trend for epoxy resin-free food packaging in particular

Manali Petrochemicals resumes production at two plants

The production at MPL's two plants, which had to stop operations due to Chennai flood, are being scaled up with the resumption of propylene supplies by CPCL

Nuberg commissions 3 EPC chemical plants in Middle East & Africa

The company has executed two chlor alkali projects in Abu Dhabi & Algeria, while it has commissioned a hydrogen peroxide plant in Ethiopia

BPCL commissions crude distillation unit at Mumbai refinery

Dharmendra Pradhan, during a meeting with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, proposed that public sector oil marketing companies would like to set up a new refinery in Maharashtra

Mahindra Group to use food waste for CNG production

The group's new bio-CNG plant at Chennai will convert food and kitchen waste into raw biogas, which can be further enriched to CNG grade fuel

Goodyear, Usher Agro and IISc co-develop green silica extraction process

Usher has secured loan from Dutch firm FMO & Germany's DEG to finance the world's first commercial scale plant for green silica, which can be used in tyre production

Gulshan Polyols commissions precipitated calcium carbonate plant in MP

The company has set up the onsite PCC plant for Orient Paper Mills (OPM) in Amlai, Madhya Pradesh

Kawasaki and Toho Tenax to mass produce CFRP springs for railcar trucks

Conventional railcar trucks use side frames and independent coil springs made of steel, but Kawasaki's railcar truck efWING uses carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) leaf spring

Adhesives market growth is driven through disruptive innovation: M V Ganeshan

In this interview M V Ganeshan, MD, Bostik India, focuses on the growth potential of adhesives market and new demand drivers

Ethylene propylene diene monomer market to reach $7.2 bn by 2020

EPDM demand to be fuelled by the growing end-user industries, rising demand for elastomers, increasing expansion and acquisition activities, says MarketsandMarkets report

Piramal Enterprises buys five brands from Organon India and MSD for Rs 92 cr

Brand acquisitions, by PEL's consumer products division, is expected to aid the division to achieve its aim to be among the top 3 players in the OTC market by 2020

Sun Pharma's Halol plant receives US FDA's warning letter

The company received the warning letter, following the US FDA's inspection of the plant in September last year

Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim in talks for business swap

The proposed deal envisage exchange of Sanofi animal health business (Merial) and Boehringer Ingelheim consumer healthcare (CHC) business

Honeywell completes acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich's research chemicals business

The move broadens Honeywell's research chemicals portfolio and expands global reach

Sudarshan Chemical to set up subsidiary in China

The subsidiary will strengthen Sudarshan's raw materials purchasing capability and enhance sales from China

BASF and Sumitomo to develop in vitro system for chemical safety evaluation

Two companies will aim to create a system that supports the development of safe chemicals, while reducing the need for conventional animal testing

Axiall and Lotte Chemical to set up ethane cracker in Louisiana

The 1-mn tonne plant will supply ethylene for Axiall's vinyls business and Lotte's new monoethylene glycol (MEG) facility, being built adjacent to the new ethylene plant