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  • Dow forced to halt work at Chakan

    In yet another blow to Dow Chemical's plans for India the company has had to halt work on its new R&D centre at Chakan , near Pune, following instructions from the Maharashtra chief minister. The government's directive was aimed at appeasing the local population which has been strongly protesting...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008

  • Projects and protests

    I am back from my holiday and have discovered no earthshaking developments in the last few weeks. But the following news articles caught my eye. First, Dow Chemical’s European arm and GACL have agreed on a 50:50 joint venture to produce 200,000 tonnes/year of chloromethanes at Dahej, on the west coast...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-23-2008

  • R&D: India needs to do more

    India is seeing a rapid growth in the outsourced R&D business but the country still trails behind China and much of the developed world in this sector. This was evident in the numbers presented by the science and technology minister to the parliament yesterday. India has 150,000 researchers compared...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-13-2008

  • Adding value to waste

    A new technology that converts plastic waste to fuel has impressed sections of the Indian government but extensive support will be needed for it to be commercialised. The technology, developed by Unique Plastic Waste Management & Research, allows fuel to be generated from plastic waste by rapid de...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-20-2008

  • Testing times for CRAMS

    Business is booming in India’s custom research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) industry thanks to the country's strong process chemistry skills, low operational costs and the availability of a skilled workforce. Frost & Sullivan values the Indian CRAMS market at $890m, and expects it to expand...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-11-2008

  • Protests hit Dow's Chakan R&D centre

    It looks like Dow Chemical will not be able to easily forget the Bhopal gas tragedy or rather India will not allow the company to move ahead. The latest is news of protests against Dow’s planned R&D centre at Chakan, near Pune. Led by NGOs, locals blocked access to the site of Dow’s proposed global...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-05-2008
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