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Ellen Kullman to retire as chair and CEO of DuPont

Edward Breen, chairman of Tyco International Plc and a DuPont Board Member, to serve as interim chair and CEO

Specialty chemicals industry: Making India a global manufacturing powerhouse

India can play a dominant role in the global specialty chemicals industry as it has got advantage of skilled human resources and a big consumer market

Solving feedstock puzzle key to gain global competitiveness for Indian specialty chemicals industry

While petro-based feedstocks are in short supply in India, companies can focus on renewable resources which are abundantly available in the country to make specialty chemicals

Make in India initiative can catapult India into top manufacturing economies: Pierre-Franck Valentin

In this interview, Pierre-Franck Valentin, VP & GM, Asia-Pacific, Solvay Novecare, focuses on role of specialty chemicals in making India a manufacturing hub and his growth plans for the country

Aditya Birla Group ropes in PE firm Abraaj Group for solar power venture

This cooperation will give a fillip to the Aditya Birla Group's renewable energy initiatives and help Abraaj to explore one of the world's biggest energy consumption markets

Lubrizol opens CPVC resin facility in Thailand

Thai facility, combined with Lubrizol's other recent investments in Louisville (USA) and Dahej (India), will better position the company to support its future business growth

Kuraray to expand capacity of optical-use poval film

The company will expand its annual production capacity of optical-use poval film from the current 212 million m2 to 232 million m2

Ineos acquires Axiall Corp aromatics business for $62.9 mn

The deal comprises the cumene plant in Pasadena, USA, and the phenol, acetone and alpha-methylstyrene (AMS) business

DBT partners with US-based Prakash Lab to procure low-cost microscope

Foldscope, a low cost paper folding-microscope developed by Dr Manu Prakash of Stanford University, will be used as an educational and training tool

Doctors Without Borders expresses discontent over Trans-Pacific Partnership pact

MSF says TPP will raise the price of medicines for millions by unnecessarily extending monopolies and further delaying price-lowering generic competition

Teva Pharma acquires Mexican firm Rimsa for $2.3 bn

With this acquisition, Teva will become a leading pharmaceutical company in Mexico, the second largest market in Latin America and one of the top five emerging markets globally

Biocon acquires production facility of Acacia Lifesciences

Located at Vishakapatnam, the unit is presently manufacturing advanced intermediates of potent APIs useful to Biocon's business as well as for supply to third party customers

Subdued oil & gas prices to decelerate demand for proppants

Demand for proppants in North America is forecast to increase 7.6 percent annually through 2019 to 162 billion pounds, valued at $8.2 billion, according to a Freedonia report

Evonik plans to build additional methionine plant in Singapore

The facility, which will produce the amino acid DL-methionine for animal nutrition, will have an annual production capacity of 150,000 metric tonnes

Solvay expands capacity of Novecare's surfactant plants in India

The Belgian firm also aims to double the size of its application lab in Mumbai in the next 3-4 years to support its Novecare business in the country

Geometric launches software to enable data exchange for global engineering

Built based on its extensive experience in PLM and interoperability solutions, GeometricEdge leverages the collaboration portal from Germany-based PDTec AG

Denim producer Suryalakshmi commissions fourth plant in Amravati

Built with an investment of Rs 131 crore, the unit will manufacture high-grade, value-added fancy yarns such as Ring Slub, Stretch, Elli Twist and Compact

US-based Sealed Air opens global R&D center in Mumbai

The new facility houses Sealed Air's global R&D centers for fabric care & food and beverage hygiene solutions, and an Indian packaging solution center

Clariant to acquire a part of Vivimed Labs' personal care portfolio

The acquisition will support Clariant's strategy to grow its presence in emerging markets and strengthen its product portfolio in personal care segment

Kraton acquires renewable raw materials maker Arizona Chemical for $1.37 bn

Specialty chemicals firm Arizona Chemical, a global leader in the pine chemicals industry, manufactures high-value performance products derived from pine wood pulping co-products