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Siluria opens demo plant to directly convert natural gas to ethylene

Innovation will enable natural gas to supplement crude oil world-wide for transportation fuels and commodity chemicals

PET and PBT resins market to reach $1.9 bn in India

Demand for these resins has been on the rise due to increasing usage in industries such as packaging, automobile, electrical & electronics, etc, according to Research and Markets

Bio-on and Pizzoli join hands to make bioplastics from potato waste

The two companies aims to build a plant producing 2,000 tonne per annum (tpa) of PHAs (or bioplastics), expanding to 4,000 tpa in the future

Phase change material: Can it led a revolution in refrigeration tech?

If introduced, PCM, which has the ability to store and release large amounts of heat/energy while maintaining a constant temperature, can prove to be a boon to the refrigeration industry

Fire at Dragon Aromatics plant in China raises paraxylene, benzene prices: Platts

Dragon Aromatics, owned by the Taiwanese petrochemical group Xianglu Group, is one of the largest independently-run paraxylene (PX) producers in China

Solenis acquires specialty chemicals maker Connell Bros Company India

The move is expected to consolidate Solenis position in India's pulp & paper industry

"Lifting of sanctions to give boost to Iranian oil exports"

The deal will also potentially help the country to further its science and technological progress, especially in areas like nanotechnology

Dutch firm IMCD acquires food ingredient supplier Kushalchand Sons

The acquisition of Mumbai-based distributor is expected to provide IMCD a platform for further expansion in the food market in India

Sika expands Asia Pacific operation

As a part of this move, the company has established a subsidiary company in Myanmar and opened a new production plant in Sri Lanka

Ashland plans $89-mn expansion for specialty chemicals in US

The company will increase production of Natrosol hydroxyethylcellulose and Klucel hydroxypropylcellulose at Hopewell, Virginia

Global oilfield chemicals market to reach $ 33 bn in 2019

While North America will remain by far the largest regional market for oilfield chemicals, the Asia/Pacific region, led by China, will overtake North America as the fastest growing, according to Freed

Cabinet gives nod for revival of Barauni and Gorakhpur fertiliser units

Each unit will be revived through bidding route with an approximate investment of Rs 5000-6000 crore

CCEA approves pooling mechanism of gas for urea makers

The decision is estimated to lead to additional production of around 37.13 lakh MT of urea in existing fertilisers units over the next four years, ie 2015-16 to 2018-19

ICT and ONGC Energy receives patent for process to generate hydrogen from water

The patent, granted by US Patent and Trademark Office, holds the potential to open up new vista for generation of hydrogen from water on commercial scale in a sustainable manner in the coming years

Kanoria Chemicals' Swiss arm acquires Germany's CoSyst Control Systems

CoSyst, which is engaged in development of project and customer specific products primarily for automotive electronics, will help APAG - Kanoria Chem's subsidiary - to expand in Europe

SAIL to hike capacity to 50 MTPA by 2025

The PSU steel maker plans to enhance capacity to 23 MTPA by September 2015, which will be further augmented to 50 MTPA by 2025, according to Narendra Singh Tomar

Manufacturing technologies: What Indian companies need to be future-ready?

The future of manufacturing is being defined in terms of its associated technologies. At the heart of this growing use of technology lies the necessities of competition and scarcity of resources

Gulf Oil joins hand with Schwing Stetter to market co-branded lubricants

The co-branded lubricants have been specially formulated for Schwing Stetter equipment & meet their stringent engineering specifications

DSM acquires vitamin C maker Aland

The transaction excludes Aland's consumer health activities

Urbanisation giving a boost to modern construction chemicals market

In order to address the challenges of urbanisation in countries such as India, the construction industry has to bank on concrete projects