Safic-Alcan, a global specialty chemicals distributor, has set up a new partnership with mineral-based specialty solutions provider Imerys. This extended partnership covers France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and will be effective from January 2022 for rubber industries. Safic-Alcan…
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Phillips Carbon to set up 5th carbon black plant in India
Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. (PCBL) plans to establish a greenfield production facility in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu with its recent signing of an MoU with the government of Tamil Nadu for setting up its fifth plant in the country. The company says the plant is targeted…
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