Company Dynamic

Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres has now become a full-range player in the Sri Lankan market with the introduction of its two-wheeler tyres, informed the company in an official statement released on Monday (17 July).

• Apollo
• Tire

Considering the growing trend of radial tyre usage in LCVs, tyre manufacturer CEAT Limited, has launched new sizes under its LCV radial tyres’ platform – ‘Milaze’, according to a company statement.

• Ceat
• Tire

Lanxess AG said that its reverse osmosis membrane elements have successfully completed a year-long practical test in Germany's largest industrial water treatment plant.

• Lanxess

Clariant International Ltd opens a new office for its catalysts business in Yinchuan city, in China.

• Clariant

Sika AG said that it is commissioning a new production line for PVC membranes at its factory in Lobnya, near Moscow, expanding its product portfolio in Russia.

• Sika

BASF SE has closed the previously announced transaction to sell its bleaching clay and mineral adsorbents businesses to EP Engineered Clays Corporation.

• BASF
• Bleach

Covestro (India) Pvt Ltd along with Vivunes, an organisation based at Chennai focused on green energy, has successfully helped an entire community of 70 farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri find an additional source of revenue.

• Covestro
• Vivunes

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has completed the acquisition of Industries Centers’ controlling interest, which will now be known as ADM Israel.

• ADM

Ningbo Fortune again accidentally shuts its 400kt/year PP plant on Jul 18. The unit has been shut temporarily due to granulation problem in early Jul. Before the shutdown, the plant has been running at full capacity for homo PP raffia S1003.

• PP

Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp this week bought about 60,000 tonnes of naphtha using a pricing formula uncommon in the region, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

• Formosa
• Naphtha

The global exterior architectural coating market is anticipated to rise at a telling level of growth in the foreseeable future due to increasing construction assignments in developing countries such as Brazil, India, Singapore, and China.

• Coating

BASF SE has received a recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for Interceptor G2, a long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito net (LN) based on chlorfenapyr.

• BASF

AZZ Inc. has announced the opening of its first powder coating operation. The new facility will feature PowderGALV technology for duplex metal coating and a sixty-foot cure oven adjacent to the Company’s existing ho

ExxonMobil Corporation and The University of Wisconsin-Madison have announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels.

• ExxonMobil

AkzoNobel NV said that its speciality chemicals business is planning to double organic peroxides production capacity at its facility in Ningbo, China, during the next two years.

• AkzoNobel
• Organic

The latest American Petroleum Institute (API) inventory data for the week ending July 14th recorded a build 1.63 million barrels after the draw of 8.13 million barrels last week.

• API
• Inventory

AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is working on plans to double production capacity at its organic peroxides facility in Ningbo, China, during the next two years.

• AkzoNobel
• Peroxide

Russian carbon black manufacturer Omsk Carbon aims to start production at its Mogilev, Belarus plant by second quarter 2018 – about 18 months behind the original schedule.

• Carbon
• Omsk

There are many applications of adhesives in the textile space, some more obvious or better known than others. A quite interesting and dynamic textile application is the use of adhesives to create disposable hygiene products.

• Adhesives

Covestro Pvt Ltd in association with HFH India and Industrial Foams (Pvt) Ltd has built three homes to three needy families in New Delhi, to promote sustainable and affordable living in the country under its 'Umeed Ki Awaaz initiative'.

• Covestro