8Indian film manufacturer, specialising in films for packaging, labelling, lamination and synthetic paper and an emerging player in specialty chemicals, polymers & pet care, has expanded by setting up CPP film production line at Aurangabad with a rated capacity of 25,000 tones/year

8The technology has been optimised to reduce CO2 emissions and operating costs through lower energy consumption by up to 30%, while also reducing investment costs and enabling additional feedstock savings

8China’s largest plastics show, Chinaplas, which was scheduled to be held in April this year in Shanghai, has been postponed in view of the latest Covid development and further tightening of pandemic control measures in Shanghai and other provinces of China

8Japan has completed the construction of a pilot facility to manufacture ethylene using renewable ethanol as a raw material

8Italy has completed the construction of their first demonstration plant for the chemical recycling of PET and polyester from textiles, as part of the European Union’s DEMETO project

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8PEL, incorporated in 1980, is primarily involved in the manufacture and sale of industrial explosives in India
8It is is also involved in the design, development and manufacturing in the defence industry

8Solvay announces the production of the new generation solvent Rhodiasolv IRIS, with excellent eco-friendly properties
8Previously manufactured in China, this solvent will now be produced from 2023 onwards at Solvay's Melle site (France)

8Rubber laboratory services provider ACE Products & Consulting has changed its names to ACE Laboratories
8The change follows significant growth and an expansion of the firm's testing, consulting and R&D capabilities

Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd is mainly engaged in manufacturing and sales of Copper Phthalocyanine (CPC) pigments viz. CPC Blue Crude, Beta Blue and Alpha Blue.
8Doing better than before

8Japan has completed the construction of a pilot facility to manufacture ethylene using renewable ethanol as a raw material

8The two Norwegian companies, in India, are targeting integrated renewable power generation and hydrogen production for use in the domestic steel industry, as well as ammonia for local use and export

The Indian establishment is watching with increasing dismay the weaponization of every independent western-sponsored institution.
8Particularly concerning is the role of the IEA, an international body of which India is a part, which has turned completely against Russia, the third largest oil & gas producer in the world without taking into account that fact the bulk of the OPEC, countries such as China and India as well as most of South America and Africa are neutral or have sympathies with Russia

The well stimulation vessel tender of ONGC witnessed a very strange happening
8There were sighs of disbelief when the bids were opened

Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore gas pipeline is stuck between Koottanad and Bangalore
8The commissioning date was February 2022
8But it nowhere near completion
8Find out who the contractors are, and when is commissioning likely

Ennore - Madurai Greenfield LPG pipeline
8Get a synopsis here of what is up with the pipeline

Langtala - Pachpadra Natural Gas Pipeline (LPPL) has gone through several iterations
8EOI dates were changed as many as seven times
8So what is next with it?

8Project Name: Kannur & Kasargod District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore

8Project Name: Malappuram District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 340 crore

8Cabinet decides on rates for decontrolled fertilizers

NPK Plant Greenfield Project
8Cost: 915 Cr.
8Project Event: The bid due date for the LSTK contractor has been extended from 22 April 2022 to 24 May 2022 due to a lack of a suitable bidder.
Organic Fertilizer Plant Greenfield Project
8Cost:8 Cr.
8Project Event: The bid due date has been extended from 22 April to 4 May 2022 for this organic fertilizer manufacturing system. The Market Development Assistance (MDA) is notified and available for city compost plants based on Municipal Solid waste. Since the proposed Organic Fertilizer plant of RCF shall be based on solid sludge generated from Municipal Sewage and will be complying with the FCO specifications for Organic Fertilizer (Compost), MDA has been sought from GoI

8One Rock Phosphate Shipment has reached on 26th of April 2022
8One MOP Shipment will reach on 27th of April 2022
8Two Sulphuric Acid Shipments will reach on 29th of April & 30th of April 2022
8Two Rock Phosphate Shipments will reach on 29th of April & 1st of May 2022
8One Ammonia Nitrate Shipment will reach on 2nd of May 2022
8One Liquid Ammonia Shipment will reach on 27th of April 2022
8One Molten Sulphur Shipment will reach on 30th of April 2022

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8Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has signed a formal shareholder agreement for the USD 2 billion TA'ZIZ chemical joint venture in the UAE and inked a pact to collaborate with ADNOC in finding and producing conventional and unconventional resources.

8India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is struggling to find a vessel to ship 700,000 barrels of crude from Russia's Far East, in a growing sign that complex trades involving one of Moscow's biggest partners are being interrupted by Western sanctions, sources say.