Company Dynamic

BASF SE and Kaiima Bio-Agritech, a genetics and breeding technology company, have collaborated for the discovery of novel herbicide resistance traits to develop new weed control systems to improve farmer productivity.

• BASF

The growth story of the Indian economy is incomplete without mentioning the role that petrochemical industry plays in this journey.

• Petrochemical

• Shell

Royal DSM has unveiled its new anti-soiling (AS) coating for photovoltaic (PV) solar glass.

• Coating
• Anti-Soiling
• Solar

European replacement tire sales fell across the board for the second quarter of 2017 and showed mixed results for the first half, according to the latest figures from the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers' Association.

• Replacement
• Tire

Germany's Continental and Osram are planning to set up a joint venture to develop lighting products for the automotive industry, Wirtschaftswoche reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

• Continental

BASF SE and Kaiima Bio-Agritech, a genetics and breeding technology company, have collaborated for the discovery of novel herbicide resistance traits to develop new weed control systems to improve farmer productivity.

• BASF
• Herbicide

Hanbang has restarted half of the 2.2 million mt/yr PTA unit in Jiangyin and the other half will be restarted soon. In addition, Hanbang intends to restart the 700 kta PTA unit shut since Sep, 2016.

• PTA

Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical has resumed production of its 300kt/year HDPE plant on Jul 15,

• HDPE

The Rubber Authority of Thailand is hoping to raise domestic consumption of rubber products by 10% per year.

• Rubber
• Demand

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has announced plans to build a new petrochemicals complex in Ruwais as part of its Borouge joint venture with Vienna-based Borealis.

• Adnoc
• Borouge

Abu Dhabi has moved forward on a multi-billion-dollar expansion of the Borouge petrochemicals complex at Ruwais which is aimed at increasing both the variety and volume of products it can produce.

• Borouge
• Petrochemical

Honeywell (HON) UOP has introduced its new connected plant ARMGuard system, a remote monitoring service that helps natural gas processors manage the adsorbents that are used to remove water from natural gas.

• Honeywell
• Natural
• Gas

Linde Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a member of The Linde Group has launched its first modular automated industrial gases cylinder filling plant in South Asia and ASEAN, located in Banting, Malaysia.

• Linde
• Gas

Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com told CNBC-TV18, "From Rs 1300 Reliance Industries has never looked back. Now we should expect Rs 1600-1650 coming in on the stock and in any sort of corrective phase, I think Reliance and the Bank Nifty will provid

• Reliance

XOM said that its subsidiary ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Suriname BV along with co-venturers Hess and Statoil, signed a production sharing contract for Block 59 with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname NV.

• ExxonMobil

Total SA and Qatar Petroleum (QP) has officially launched their new joint venture to develop the giant Al Shaheen offshore oil field for a period of 25 years beginning 14 July.

• Qatar

Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) said that it has successfully started up its propylene glycol (PG) plant.

• Propylene
• Saudi
• Sadara

Braskem (BAK) said that it has selected The Linde Group, as the lead engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor to build Braskem's new world-scale North American polypropylene (PP) production line.

• Polypropylene

In an interview, Thomas Kleiner with Chemical Today Magazine delves into how the rising demand and use of chemicals are playing a pivotal role in the growth of filtration & separation solutions.

• Filtration
• Separation