Page 25 - Chemicals

PI Industries forms JV with Japan's Mitsui Chemicals for agrochemicals

The JV, to be named Solinnos Agro Sciences Pvt Ltd, will provide registration services for Mitsui Chemicals Agro's proprietary agrochemicals

BASF opens construction chemical plant in West Bengal

With the Kharagpur plant, BASF will meet the increasing demands for concrete admixtures in the eastern part of India

Natura-Tec Plantsil: A green hair care solution

Natura-Tec Plantsil, an ester complex from olive origin, has shown to be highly effective as natural based replacement for silicone in conditioning and hair care applications

GACL to invest Rs 460 cr for hydrazine hydrate & phosphoric acid plants

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL) will spend Rs 160 cr and Rs 300 cr on hydrazine hydrate and food grade phosphoric acid plants, respectively

AkzoNobel opens technology center in Shanghai

The center will support product innovation and the development of next-generation paints, coatings and specialty chemicals

Mitsui Chemicals to expand PP compounds capacity in India

The expansion is part of Mitsui's global plan to strength the group's position in PP compound market by augmenting production at three of its overseas PP compound hubs - US, Mexico and India

Clariant to develop catalysts for Gevo's ethanol-to-olefins technology

ETO technology converts ethanol into value-add products such as propylene, butylene and hydrogen

Sumitomo Chemical to expand methionine capacity in Japan

The company will set up a 100,000 metric tonnes facility, expanding the total production capacity for methionine to approximately 250,000 metric tonnes per year

Ube Group to invest about Yen 150 bn for business expansion

As a part of its medium-term management plan, named 'Change & Challenge 2018', the group will also spend Yen 45 billion for R&D activities over three years starting

Amyris and Korea's CJ CheilJedang inks partnership pact for farnesene

The MOU will enable Amyris to utilise CJ's manufacturing capacity, while provide opportunity for CJ Bio (division of CJ CheilJedang) to market select Amyris products in Asia

OPaL inches closer to commissioning $4.5 bn petrochemical project in Dahej

The company is setting up a grass root mega petrochemical project at Dahej (Gujarat) as a part of the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR)

Bayer offers to acquire Monsanto for $ 62 billion

The combination will create a leading integrated agriculture business with broad product portfolio and exceptional R&D pipeline to deliver innovative solutions for farmers

NIBE to buy LSB Industries' Climate Control Business for $ 364 mn

The transaction to provide LSB with improved capital structure and greater financial flexibility to drive growth and enhance reliability and profitability of its chemical business

Honeywell to spin off resins and chemicals business

The new company, to be named AdvanSix, will be one of the leading manufacturers of Nylon 6 resin, caprolactam, and other chemical intermediates

Companies have to take proactive steps to optimise water usage: Sudhir Shenoy

In this interview, Sudhir Shenoy, country manager, Dow India, discusses water crisis facing the manufacturing sector and probable solution to mitigate this challenges

Satish Rao to head Firmenich operations in India

He joins Swiss fragrance and flavour major Firmenich from the US-based McCormick & Company, where he was vice president (emerging markets)

Silicone specialist Dow Corning opens building solutions centre in New Delhi

Specialists at this new centre will collaborate with construction industry professionals, providing project support, technical training and skill-building workshop

Ineos sells expandable polystyrene business to Synthos for Euro 80 mn

The agreement to sell Ineos Styrenics to Synthos represents an important step in the ongoing development of the EPS business

DyStar buys specialty chemical businesses from Emerald Performance Materials

In a separate transaction, DyStar will sell Emerald's polymer additives and nitriles businesses to Sinochem subsidiary. As a result, DyStar will retain the specialties businesses

Solvay sells stake in Solvay Indupa to Brazil's Unipar Carbocloro

Divestment of Indupa follows Solvay's exit from its European PVC joint venture as Solvay is transforming into a specialty chemicals group