The FEED stage of the Dubai plastics recycling project has begun

The factory for chemical recycling of waste plastics in Dubai is now at the front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage and is being built by Dubai Holding, Quantafuel, and BASF.

The project is currently entering the FEED stage with BASF as the partner for the new phase of the project...

BASF to Raise a Voice for Small and Medium-Sized Companies

As it is expected that in the next decade, the output of global chemicals would double or even triple, it is also anticipated that there would be limited growth in Europe, Marco Mensink, Cefic Director General, addressed the double twin transition that the European chemicals industry faced; which...

Harmful Impacts of Chemicals in Soaps, and Detergents

BASF is a German multinational company and the largest chemical maker in the world. The company provides ingredients for some of the most popular products in the United States including soaps, cleaners and detergents.

Emissions from BASF’s plant in the United States have been asso...

DGCA HIKES SECURITY FEE ON AIR TICKETS

HIGHLIGHTS

• DGCA has increased the price of air tickets.
• Due to COVID-19 pandemic, few people are traveling by air which is causing losses to airline services.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is concerned about the low nu...

THE COMPANY BASF COMPLETES NEW PLASTIC ADDITIVES PLANT IN ITALY

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• The company BASF has announced that, the company has completed the construction of its plastic additive plant in Italy
• The Pontecchio site of BASF has already been a major production unit for hindering the anime light stabilizers

GOOGLE TEAMS UP WITH DISNEY & LUCASFILM TO BRING ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ TO AR

Highlights

• The new Android AR app will display iconic moments from the first season of the show in AR which allows fans to retrace the Mandalorian's steps, harness the Force, find the Child

• According to the announcement, new AR content will be released for th...

LG DISPLAY AND WALT DISNEY STUDIOS UNITE TO AUTHENTICATE AN IMMERSIVE FILMING EXPERIENCE

• As a major turnaround approaches in terms of third-quarter profit, LG Display, the world's leading display maker, made a revelation that it has   teamed up with Walt Disney Studios' StudioLAB.
• The partnership reminds us of LG Group's display affiliate to s...

BASF WILL BE INVESTING IN GERMAN PYROLYSIS-TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

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• BASF said that, it is going to invest 16 million euro or 18.9 million dollars into the Pyrum Innovations located in Germany
• The investment will be supporting the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis plant at Dillingen and for the further r...

AFRICAN SWINE FLU SCREENING MEASURES APPROVED BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

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• Strict measures are being taken to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever
• The disease has no vaccine and is highly contagious

Ahead of the Tokyo edition of Olympic games, Japan has tightened its security measures relat...

BASF REDIRECTS CHEMICAL CONSIGNMENT AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

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• Shanghai BASF Polyurethane has recently redirected 3,150t of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) towards its European units, revealed China’s customs officials.
• Chemical companies operating in China are expected to incur additional safety cos...

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER SUSPECTED IN JAPAN

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• Classical swine fever already confirmed, ASF being suspected in piggeries
• All piggeries within 3 km radius of the affected site will have to cull their livestock
• No vaccine available for SAF

Okinawa prefecture ...

JAPAN TO PASS BILL TO CULL ASF INFECTED PIGS TILL 3 KMS

Highlights

• A new bill to be presented in Diet by the agricultural ministry
• Culling area to be expanded to 3 kilometers
• Preventive measure against African Swine Flu

With J...

Archroma India Private Limited has completed the acquisition of its OBA

Archroma, a global leader in colour and speciality chemicals, announced that Archroma India Private Limited has completed the acquisition of its OBA (optical brightening agents) stilbene-based paper and powder detergent business from BASF India Limited (BIL).

The deal includes the stilb...

Verbund project: the first wholly foreign-owned chemical complex in China

Mega-investment': Germany's BASF is launching a $10 BILLION petrochemical venture in China The biggest chemical manufacturer in the world, BASF, has officially begun construction of its petrochemical project in southern Guangdong province of China. It is the biggest investment in the 154-...

Borealis is seeking to expand its market globally by joint ventures with India and Europe

Borealis, a chemicals company operated by Mubadala and co-owner of the largest chemical plant in the UAE, is seeking to expand its market globally by joint ventures with Adnoc in India and acquisitions of plastics recycling facilities in Europe, his chief executive said.

The Austrian bu...