Chemicals

Agriculture is the most significant beneficiary of budget: Ankur Aggarwal

Steps to encourage implementation of technology & its tools in Indian agriculture are positive

"Top management should develop a cohesive strategy for sustainability"

Himanshu Jain believes CEO should be accountable for not just profits, but also for sustainability

Budget should frame policy to promote R&D in agriculture: Ankur Aggarwal

It should enable Indian agrochemical firms to get faster registration for their products

Textile sector is set for robust growth, if it takes competition seriously

Govt needs to give better incentives to industry especially for machinery upgradation & power rates

Viewing the Indian pharma sector through the biosimilar lens

Budget is expected to provide certain incentives to promote innovation & in-house R&D in the sector

Moil revises prices of manganese ore for Jan-Mar 2014

Increases prices of Ferro grade manganese ore has been increased by 3%

AkzoNobel India appoints Jayakumar Krishnaswamy as MD

He replaces Amit Jain, who has moved on to take a larger global responsibility within AkzoNobel group

New functional coatings may offer major business potential

Hydrophobic, self-healing, and even air-cleaning coatings will have a big impact in medical, aerospace, and construction, says Lux Research

"Digitalisation is bringing about advances in manufacturing technologies"

Says Niranjan Nadkarni of TUV SUD while explaining the impact of digitalisation in today's world

Graphene is proving to be a wonder material: Dr Mosongo Moukwa

Rapid rise in number of graphene patent applications reflects global fascination with this material

TUV SUD elevates Niranjan Nadkarni to lead business of newly formed region

He will be responsible for the strategic growth of South & SE Asia, Middle East & Africa region

Sluggish growth in US, demonetisation & GST slow down pharma market

Aggregate revenues of 21 leading firms grew by 7.4% in FY2017 compared to 10.1% in FY2016, says ICRA

DHL Express expands Delhi Gateway, doubling India's export capacity

Capacity raised to handle 10 mn shipments per annum; Import clearance capacity up by 60%

Umicore opens facility for electronic chemicals in Germany

TMGa (trimethylgallium) & TEGa (triethylgallium) are used in semiconductor and LED markets

Kaneka Corp buys US formulated advanced resin supplier Applied Poleramic

With this, Kaneka makes a full-scale entry into aerospace market

Leveraging IoT to travel on the GST highway

Technology & IoT will play a major role for logistics industry in the GST regime

Addressing the NDC implementation challenge to mitigate climate change

Governments, think-tanks, industry & academia will have to work together to surmount this challenge

Contract farming will give a boost to Indian agriculture: Ankur Aggarwal

Fast-track implementation of contract farming could be the new ray of hope for agriculture industry

WR Grace inks pact with Valliscor for fluorinated intermediates

These products are used in industries such as pharmaceuticals, electronics, and specialty chemicals

Worldwide drug sales to hit $ 1.06 trillion in 2022: Study

Pricing pressure to cause drug sales forecasts to fall for first time in 10 years, says Evaluate