Plastics
Atmospheric release of BPA worsening global water quality
23 May 2015
Harmful concentrations of hormone-disrupting Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical used in plastic food storage and beverage containers, is contaminating and worsening water quality around the world
Godrej & Boyce acquires Somany’s PU foam unit
05 May 2014
Godrej & Boyce has completed the acquisition of the polyurethane foam business of Somany Foam Ltd, a container glass manufacturing company
Bayer mulls selling plastics unit worth $10.8 bn
28 Apr 2014
With sales of €11.5 billion, Bayer MaterialScience is one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics.
Bangalore bans thin film polythene bags
15 Mar 2011
HC upholds Delhi's plastic bags ban
15 Jul 2009
Uflex to set up a unit in Mexico
By Our Corporate Bureau | 10 Sep 2007
Kuraray expands poval, styrenic elastomer operations
By Our Corporate Bureau | 30 Aug 2007
GE close to finalising sale of plastics unit
By Our Corporate Bureau | 18 May 2007
Finolex revises prices of PVC resin & pipes
By Our Corporate Bureau | 02 Feb 2005
Finolex Cables'' sales up by 19pc
By Our Corporate Bureau | 30 Jul 2004
Finolex turnover crosses 1000 crores
By Our Corporate Bureau | 13 Apr 2004
Ester Industries Limited announces first interim dividend
By Our Corporate Bureau | 11 Feb 2004
Finolex Industries posts 121% Q2 profit; turnover rises 4%
By The turnover has increas | 19 Oct 2002
Finolex to expand PVC manufacturing capacity
By Pradeep Rane | 17 Sep 2002
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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