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Galaxy Surfactants matches concept with products for changing beauty trends

To meet various needs of customers (ie, beauty & personal care product makers), Galaxy Surfactants has created a range of innovative surfactants not just for India but also for overseas markets

Exporters should look beyond Eurozone, explore emerging markets: DGFT

In the wake of turmoil in Greece, Indian exporters need to focus on opportunities in Latin America, CIS nations and Africa, says Pravir Kumar, Director General of Foreign Trade

Lupin enters Russian pharma market with acquisition of Biocom

This is Lupin's second major acquisition in BRICS countries this year. It had acquired Brazil's Medquimica in May

Govt launches portal for online environment clearance for state-level projects

This follows the last year launch of the online application system for environmental clearance for Category A projects (which requires centre's nod) by the environment ministry

Yara to sell its 50% stake in GrowHow UK to CF Industries

GrowHow has a total production capacity of approximately 0.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 1.1 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate and 0.5 million tons of compound NPK

Demand for fluoropolymer in US to reach $2.3 bn in 2019

The construction and electrical and electronics markets will provide the fastest growth in fluoropolymer demand, says the new Freedonia report

BASF and Fraunhofer IPMS-CNT to co-develop electronic materials

Two sides will collaborate to develop advanced materials for the semiconductor industry

Toray buys Umicore and Solvay JV SolviCore

SolviCore is expected to benefit from Toray's expertise in fuel cell materials and experience in mass production

Kartik Kaushik to head Henkel India's beauty care biz

As the country head, he will be spearheading Henkel India's beauty care (professional) business, which has global brands such as Schwarzkopf in its portfolio

Givaudan opens $52-mn flavour production facility in China

The facility, built at Nantong, will more than double Givaudan's existing production capacity in China

Evonik's Insilco to switch to coal fired hot air unit at Gajraula unit

By switching to coal from diesel, Insilco - a producer of precipitated silica - aims for significant cost savings in the area of energy consumption

Bluestar Silicones to expand elastomer production unit in France

The company will invest Euro 15 mn to develop and modernise its elastomer production units, in particular that located at the Saint Fons site in Rhone (France)

Borealis to invest Euro 160 mn to upgrade cracker operations in Sweden

The investment programme entails revamping four of the current six furnaces at its Stenungsund (Sweden) site and shutting down completely the two remaining, ageing ones

Ineos and Solvay launch chlorovinyls JV Inovyn

On July 1, 2015, Solvay also announced that it has bought BASF's 25 percent stake in their polyvinyl chloride (PVC) joint venture SolVin

Showa Denko expands utilisation of used plastic to produce ammonia

The Japanese firm processes used plastic to obtain part of hydrogen necessary for the synthesis of ammonia

Solvay opens highly dispersible silica plant in Poland

The site will have capacity to produce 85,000 tonnes of highly dispersible silica, a reinforcing agent in the tyre rubber that reduces a vehicle's fuel consumption by as much as 7%

Masterbatches maker Plastiblends to set up production plant in Surat

The company has already started construction of manufacturing facility which will be commissioned in phased manner

US pharmaceutical chemicals demand to reach $ 47 bn in 2019

Active ingredients of CNS agents will remain the largest therapeutic group served by pharmaceutical chemicals based on value, according to a Freedonia Group report

Merck buys Israeli quantum materials firm Qlight Nanotech

By exploiting new technologies, Merck aims to strengthen its leadership in liquid crystal display materials and growing presence in OLED materials

Marksans Pharma acquires US-based Time-Cap

With its acquisition of Time-Cap, which has US FDA-approved facility in New York, Marksans is strategically increasing its presence in the US market