Chemical Weekly | LinkedIn Newsletter | 2024 | Edition 15-18

Opinion

By Mr. Ravi Raghavan, Editor, Chemical Weekly

• Urea imports are falling, but self-sufficiency is a long way off
• India – the fastest growing market for personal care ingredients in the world
• Multiple approaches for decarbonising ethylene production
• Chemical industry key to ongoing energy transition

News

• ChemExpo India and co-located shows break records in exhibitor numbers and attendees
• Sajjan India appoints Rajesh Kumar Srivastava as MD & CEO
• DKSH inks distribution deal with Sweden’s TdB Labs for Indian market
• LyondellBasell begins review of European petrochemical assets
• BASF to raise production capacity of paraffin inhibitors in Spain
• Rallis commissions new water-soluble fertiliser facility in Maharashtra
• BASF launches new insecticide based on novel chemistry to control sucking pests
• Natron Energy begins commercial-scale production of sodium-ion batteries in US
• Syensqo begins work on new battery-grade PVDF facility in US
• BASF expands e-coat manufacturing facility in Mangalore
• Nitta Gelatin breaks ground for collagen peptide expansion project
• Domo Chemicals opens new polyamide plant in China
• Syensqo acquires South Korean ceramides firm, JinYoung Bio
• Ohmium, Tata Projects to offer PEM electrolysers for Indian market
• Heubach GmbH files for insolvency, sending shock waves in global pigment markets
• Covestro collaborates with automotive partners on car-to-car plastic recycling
• KBR’s phenol technology selected by SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals
• Suzano Ventures invests up to $5-mn into Bioform Technologies
• BASF to supply Youyi with acrylates from Zhanjiang
• Dhanuka launches new insecticide and bio-fertiliser
• Bhansali Engineering set to expand ABS capacity to 200-ktpa
• DCM Shriram bags OHSSAI ESG award
• BASF sets up prototype metal refinery for battery recycling in Germany
• MGC to expand capacities in US for high purity hydrogen peroxide and ammonium hydroxide
• Takasago opens fragrance centre in Mumbai
• Ganesh Benzoplast reports fraudulent bank transactions at subsidiary
• Vantage expanding taurate capabilities at German facility
• BASF, SABIC, and Linde start up electric steam cracking furnace in Germany

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