Page 18 - Chemicals

Zachry Group buys Catalyst Services from Clean Harbors

The acquisition will help Zachry to provide the most comprehensive slate of services across the entire life cycle of industrial, refining and petrochemical facilities

Global market for refining catalysts to reach $4.7 bn by 2020

While global demand for refining catalysts in all applications will experience healthy growth, fluid catalytic cracking catalysts will post the fastest growth, says Freedonia Group

PCPIR policy needs fine tuning: Ananth Kumar

The government will set up the first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology in Mumbai

Jacobs acquires Bayer's sulfuric acid converter technology

Bayqik technology offers flexible option for processing high strength SO2 gas, a growing requirement for customers in the non-ferrous metallurgical acid plant market

IGM Resin buys BASF's global photoinitiator business

With this, BASF to focus on resin and additive technologies for radiation-curing market

Dutch firm AkzoNobel to set up powder coatings plant in Mumbai

The maker of Dulux paints will invest Euro 9 million (about Rs 67 crores) in the new plant, which will also make bonded metallic powders & localised products for markets such as pipe and re-bar coatings

Carborundum Universal opens R&D centre in Tamil Nadu

The new R&D centre of CUMI, a part of the Murugappa Group, will focus on research in technical ceramics for industrial & advanced applications

Material recycling leads $ 668 mn funding for circular economy technologies

Next-generation recycling is on the march as waste collection and sorting get a digital push from innovations in software, data analytics, and robotics, says Lux Research

Technip and Metabolic Explorer plan to combine polymer technologies

Two sides are looking at the feasibility of offering a combined technology package consisting Metabolic Explorer's PDO and Technip's PTT technologies

Henkel expands capabilities of Pune innovation centre with two labs

The company has invested in two dedicated laboratories for maintenance repair & overhaul (MRO) and acoustic

Govt plans to set up research institute for fertilisers

Indian Council for Fertilizers Research, to be set up on the lines of ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) and ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)

Gulf Petrochem to distribute IPOL lubricants in UAE & Oman

For this, the company has partnered with UAE's NGC Energy and Oman's National Gas Company SAOG

BASF opens first manufacturing plant in Sri Lanka

New plant, which will meet local demand for construction chemicals, will produce concrete admixtures from global Master Builders Solutions brand

Omkar Specialty commissions expanded capacity in Badlapur

With the capacity of the unit 1, which will manufacture advanced intermediates for pharmaceuticals, has been increased by 50 percent from 600 MTPA to 900 MTPA

Phillips Carbon Black's operating profit up by 42% in Q1 FY17

The healthy first quarter results are due to increased operational efficiency across all functions and deeper market penetration leading to higher capacity utilisation

ExxonMobil, Georgia Tech innovation to revolutionise chemicals manufacturing

The new molecular-level filter, developed by the two, can significantly reduce emission and amount of energy used in polyester and plastic manufacturing

BARC develops portable kit for detection of chromium contamination in water

The technology to make this kit has been transferred by BARC to the Nagpur (Maharashtra) based LTEK Industries

IOCL to use treated water from STP in Mathura refinery

Indian Oil Corporation has signed an MoU with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) as per which IOCL's refinery will use treated water from a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Mathura

Vikas Ecotech to supply eco-friendly specialty chemicals to Prince Pipes

The plastic pipes maker has entered into a long-term sourcing tie-up with Vikas EcoTech for supply of organotin heat stabiliser, a lead-free alternative additive used in plastics industry

Solvay files patent infringement lawsuit against Molycorp

Lawsuit has been filed with respect to the patent covering certain high surface-area ceric oxides and catalysts for purifying automotive exhaust gases