Company Dynamic

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

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