BASF SE has agreed to acquire additional seeds and crop protection assets from Bayer AG valued at €1.7 billion, in context of Bayer’s planned acquisition of Monsanto. The additional assets include: Bayer’s entire vegetable seeds business, operating under the global trademark Nunhem, seed treatment products sold under the Poncho, VOTiVO, COPeO and ILeVO brands, the R&D platform for hybrid wheat and the complete state-of-the-art digital farming platform xarvio. Read more
A major fire broke out after a blast at a chemicals factory in adjoining Raigad district, a senior official said A fire broke out at the factory of Privi Organics Limited, which has two manufacturing plants in the MIDC area of Mahad, Raigad district collector Dr Vijay Suryawanshi told PTI. Privi Organics manufactures aromatic chemicals, the IAS officer said. There was a blast in one of the plants shortly after noon, Suryawanshi said. “The fire spread fast due to strong wind and engulfed the plant, spreading to a nearby industrial oil company,” he added. Read more
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I) has been awarded a contract valued at nearly $35 million by a leading Canadian infrastructure company for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of three liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) spheres. “CB&I’s industry-leading storage solutions make it easier for our customers to meet energy needs anywhere in the world. This facility will export LPG internationally where demand continues to grow,” said Richard Heo, CB&I’s executive vice president of fabrication services. Read more
AkzoNobel NV has appointed Nils Andersen as a new member of the supervisory board and subsequently appointed chairman by the board. Nils Andersen will succeed Antony Burgmans, who was the previous chairman and served three terms as a member of the supervisory board. Louis Hughes has also stepped down after serving three terms. Nils Andersen is a non-executive director at BP plc and Unilever, where he serves on the audit committees of both companies. Nils was group chief executive (CEO) of AP Moller – Maersk from 2007 until 2016 and had previously been president and CEO of Carlsberg and Carlsberg Breweries. Read more
Honeywell (HON) has opened its first industrial cyber security centre of excellence (CoE) in Asia. The centre was developed with the support of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EBD) and designed to help defend the region’s industrial manufacturers against evolving cyber security threats. The new cyber security centre is located in Singapore’s Changi Business Park and the third Honeywell facility of its kind in the world. Earlier this year, the company 
BASF SE has expanded its capacities for the production of Basonat hardeners at the Ludwigshafen site. The high-quality polyisocyanates are used for the formulation of automotive and industrial coatings, furniture and 
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Royal DSM has entered into a partnership with Chromatic 3D Materials to introduce thermoset materials for 
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Covestro AG said that it has opened a flagship store on 1688.com, an online platform of Alibaba. Making the world’s chemicals easily accessible to business customers. The platform is the biggest online business-to-business marketplace in China. The Chinese economy shows tremendous progress also in innovation and digitalization over the recent years to which Covestro is contributing. Under the link covestrochina.1688.com, the high-tech material polycarbonate as well as pre-products for polyurethane foams, coatings and adhesives will become available. 
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AkzoNobel Speciality Chemicals and Ineos Nitriles have signed a long-term cooperation agreement that will allow AkzoNobel to expand its production of biodegradable chelates, utilizing one of Ineos Nitriles’ chemical products. Biodegradable 
Versum Materials Inc (VSM), a leading materials supplier to the semiconductor industry has opened a new research and development (R&D) facility at its semiconductor materials manufacturing site in Hometown, Pennsylvania (US). The state-of-the-art R&D laboratory is dedicated to new materials used in the manufacture of semiconductors. Scientists in the facility will synthesize and purify new molecules down to parts per billion impurity levels and below using the latest technologies available in the industry. 
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