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  • Atul inks polymer additives deal with DSM

    Atul has successfully secured a contract manufacturing deal with Stamicarbon and DSM Licensing Centre for phosgene-based polymer performance additives used in polyamides. Atul will manufacture the additives based on guidelines given by Stamicarbon with DSM marketing the product worldwide under its brand...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008
  • Struggling with Reach

    Are Indian chemical companies ready for Reach? Apparently not, says this report in today's Mint. The problem appears to be not only lack of awareness about the EU programme for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (Reach) but also a shortage of labs certified for good laboratory...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-27-2008
  • 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
  • Hikal scores in CRAMS

    Hikal is busy consolidating its position in the Indian CRAMs (contract research and manufacturing services) space. It recently secured a long-term contract with Bayer CropScience for supply of active ingredients for crop protection chemicals. And now Hikal plans to invest Rs 2bn (US$50m) in setting up...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-14-2008
  • 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
  • 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
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