Page 7 - Chemicals

Arkema expands specialty molecular sieve production capacities in France

This will enable the group to support its customers' growth in refining & petrochemicals markets

Covestro & STEM Learning to set up 4 mini science centres in Greater Noida

Centres aim to enhance awareness about the value of learning, with a focus on science & mathematics

Reliance partners with Germany's Resysta for wood composite technology

RIL to have production & marketing rights for RelWood, a natural fibre polymer composite, in India

Global expanded polystyrene market to reach $ 18.97 billion by 2022: Study

Growing construction & packaging industries to drive the market in emerging countries

Arkema expands polyvinylidene difluoride production in China

With this 25% rise in production capacities in China, Arkema has consolidated its position in PVDF

Reliance Industries commissions final phase of para-xylene project

With this, RIL to emerge as the second largest producer of para-xylene in the world

Inox Air Products to invest Rs 645 cr to set up 6 production units in India

Proposed plants will serve the growing onsite & merchant liquid industrial gases market in India

ExxonMobil & Sabic select San Patricio County for US petrochemical project

Project is part of ExxonMobil's 10-year, $20 billion Growing the Gulf initiative

Reliance Industries commissions ethane project at Dahej

RIL to use ethane imported from North America as feedstock for its cracker portfolio in India

Indorama Ventures buys European tyre cord maker Glanzstoff Group

The deal will strengthen IVL's leadership position in the high value-added tyre cord market

Milliken buys Keystone Aniline Corporation to boost colourant business

Keystone Aniline Corporation is a manufacturer of dyes, pigments, pigment dispersions & polymers

National Fertilizers to set up dinitrogen tetroxide plant for ISRO

It will invest Rs 350 crores for the 1095-MTPA propellant plant, which will be located at Guna (MP)

Nova Chemicals buys Williams Partners' Geismar olefins plant for $2.1 bn

The deal will allow the company to benefit from the access to significant US shale gas reserves

NBCC, Berger Paints tie up for European thermal insulation technology

They will jointly work to bring external thermal insulation and composite systems (ETICS) in India

HPCL, Rajasthan Govt ink revised MoU for proposed 9 MMTPA refinery

Proposal to set up the Rs 37,230-cr refinery at Barmer district was first announced in March 2013

Ashland acquires ingredients maker Pharmachem Laboratories for $ 660 mn

Deal to strengthen Ashland's position in fast-growing nutraceuticals market

Axalta to buy Valspar's North American wood coatings business for $420 mn

The deal is aimed at securing regulatory clearance for Sherwin-Williams' acquisition of Valspar

PPG acquires 40% stake in Taiwan Chlorine Industries

The company will buy the stakes from China Petrochemical Development Corporation

Total-Hanwha JV to invest $450 mn for expansion of South Korean refinery

The investment will increase the site's ethylene capacity by 30% to 1.4 million tonnes per annum

Mitsui Chemicals & Toyota Boshoku tie up for high impact-resistant plastic

The deal aims to increase the use of this material as a plastic modifier made by Mitsui Chemicals