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ExxonMobil calls for free trade on US LNG exports

The company feels that US could miss out on widely acknowledged economic and environmental benefits associated with LNG exports

BASF launches anti-counterfeiting technology for crop protection products in China

The technology, which uses a special colour additive, makes labelling unique. The company has now integrated it into all key product lines in China

Global polyether ether ketone market to reach $765 mn by 2020

Though PEEK is increasing penetration across various sectors, high price of PEEK compared to other plastics remains a key challenge, according to a Grand View Research report

Bayer CropScience opens R&D centre in Karnal for vegetable seeds

The multi-crop breeding station will focus on breeding activities in vegetable crops like cabbage, onion, tomato, hot peppers, cucumber, okra, water melon and gourds

Henkel strengthens pressure sensitive adhesives biz by acquiring Novamelt

Novamelt GmbH, which generated sales of around Euro 50 million in fiscal 2014, is headquartered in Germany and has an additional site in the US, Novamelt Americas LLC

BASF & Grolman enter into marketing pact for amine-based curing agents

The products are used in the construction industry as well as in the automotive, marine, aerospace and industrial applications manufacturing

Celanese and Mitsui ink pact for methanol plant in Texas

The potential methanol unit at Bishop (Texas) is expected to have an annual capacity of 1.3 million tonnes

Air Liquide commissions hydrogen facility in Germany

The facility, built with an investment of around Euro 100 million, will supply carbon monoxide and hydrogen to Bayer MaterialScience's new toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant

Indian Railways to set up plant to convert plastic into diesel: Dr Harsh Vardhan

The plant will use the technology developed by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) for producing diesel (conforming to Euro-5 specifications) from plastic waste

Sun Pharma ties up with Israeli institute Technion for oncology drug research

This agreement aims to set up a joint project that can potentially lead to the development of novel anti-cancer drugs

Japan's Tosoh acquires in-vitro diagnostics firm Lilac Medicare

With this move, Tosoh aims to increase its share in the growing Indian market by using its own immunological and diabetes diagnostic analysers

Conducive policies can make India a global chemical manufacturing hub

Though India offers huge market for chemicals, the government will have to walk the talk to achieve the goals of its ambitious 'Make in India' initiative

APL Apollo launches colour coated pipes for rust prevention

For painting of steel pipes, APL Apollo uses technology imported from Turkey and has set up a facility at its Murbad (near Mumbai) manufacturing site for this purpose

AspenTech acquires Blowdown software technology

The addition of Blowdown will give AspenTech customers the ability to model depressurisation scenarios, which is a critical activity in the design and operation of every process plant

Biofuels can offer solution to farmer's woes: Nitin Gadkari

Biofuels can be socio-economic change agents as it would address crucial issues of farmer suicides, agri surpluses (in the sugar, wheat & rice industries) and fuel economy, says the minister

IMCD to distribute Munzing Chemie's coating additives in India

IMCD will serve customers in paints, adhesives, printing inks, wood coatings, emulsion polymerisation and pigment paste markets across India

Arkema commissions new reactor in Brazil to raise acrylic resin capacity

Products manufactured at the plant will now include a much wider range of chemistries, including 100% acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic, vinyl VeoVa and polyvinyl acetate

China to rely on alternative fuels to reduce dependence on foreign oil

Coal-to-ethanol conversion offers the most potential, as China focuses on limiting imports today and cultivating greener fuels for tomorrow, according to Lux Research

BASF expands construction chemicals capacity in India with new plant in AP

The company has opened a new plant at Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) to meet the growing demands for durable and energy efficient construction materials

Asia-Pacific styrene butadiene rubber market to reach $7.9 bn by 2018

The region is expected to show further growth in the future, mainly due to the high growth potential of the infrastructure in China and India, according to MicroMarket Monitor report