Page 14 - Chemicals

Toyobo terminates textile operations in Brazil

The Japanese company, however, will continue production and sales of bio?products and engineering plastic materials, etc in the country

BASF to double MDI production capacity in US

The company will increase the capacity of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) at its Geismar site from 300,000 MTPA to 600,000 MTPA

Danish firm Novozymes plans Rs 300-cr enzymes facility near Mumbai

The company's new enzyme production and supply chain facility, which is expected to be ready for operation in 2018, will cater to the growing India and South-East Asia markets

Jacobs bags contract for MEGlobal's $ 1-bn MEG facility in Texas

The completion of this complex project will help MEGlobal establish a US Gulf Coast presence and expand its position in the monoethylene glycol (MEG) market

Material innovation to bring long-lasting solar panels in market

Biggest growth opportunities in solar often lie in emerging markets located in harsh climates, so technologies to make modules more durable are growing in demand, says Lux Research

Evonik plans to buy Metabolic Explorer's methionine technology

The company has submitted a binding offer to takeover Metex's entire methionine technology platform including patents, essential bacteria strains and the inoLa brand

Natural flavours & fragrances demand in food to reach $ 960 mn in 2020

Demand for natural flavours that can compensate for reduced sodium, sugar, and fat in foods will continue to be strong, says Freedonia Group report

Gujarat Alkalies to invest Rs 683 cr for setting up chloromethanes plant

The company has also revised the project cost for its JV, GACL-Nalco Alkalies (formed to set up a caustic soda plant along with power plant at Dahej), to about Rs 2000 crores

Bayer to set up active ingredients plant for agrochemicals in Vapi

The German company will invest Euro 30 million for the new plant in Vapi, where it recently opened a global formulation technology laboratory

Reliance receives first ethane carrier from Samsung

RIL has given an order for construction of six such vessels, which will be used by the company for transporting ethane from the US to India for the production of petrochemicals

Air purification market pushes demand for activated carbon in US

Gains resulted from the phase-in of the EPA's Mercury & Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which had a final implementation deadline in early 2016, says a Freedonia Group's report

Fertiliser council ICFNR to adopt international best practices in research

It is of prime importance to have an indigenous research environment in India to achieve food security, according to Ananth Kumar

IG Petrochemicals buys Mysore Petro Chemicals' maleic anhydride business

Mysore Petro Chemicals (MPCL) procures wash water, a raw material required for the production of maleic anhydride, from IG Petrochemicals

Alfa Laval bags $ 14 mn order for heat exchangers

The order was placed for the supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers by a petrochemical plant in the Middle East

MOL Group to invest $ 1.9 bn in petrochemicals business

In order to allow further diversification in the propylene value chain, MOL Group will invest more than $ 500 million into its steam crackers in Hungary and Slovakia

Wacker to expand pyrogenic silica production in Germany

The company will expand the specialty HDK pyrogenic silica plant at Burghausen (Germany), increasing the capacity of hydrophobic specialties by 40 percent

Merck and Idemitsu to collaborate for OLED material development

Agreement will allow greater freedom for both companies to develop high-performance materials under specified conditions

Brenntag buys distribution business of EPChem in Singapore

The move with help the German chemical distribution company to strengthen its specialty chemicals business in Asia Pacific

Gulf Oil Lubricants plans to start production from Chennai plant in Oct 2017

The company is in process of setting up the lubricants plant having annual capacity of 40,000-50,000 kilo litre (KL)

Lanxess India inks pact to upgrade civil hospital's facilities in Nagda

As per the three-year agreement, the German specialty chemicals firm will contribute towards the upgradation of the existing facilities of the hospital