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Point of View

New entrants depress margins for incumbents in paints, but long-term outlook remains bright 133
Top Stories
Major fire at Neogen Chemicals’ Dahej plant 136
Thermax and Brazil’s OCQ setting up Joint Venture to make acrylic resins in India 138
Godrej Chemicals launches knowledge sharing platform 140
Coal India joins forces with IIT-Hyderabad to drive clean coal technology research 142
Lohum expands refining capacity for battery-grade lithium 144
OPaL exits from Dahej SEZ to tap growing domestic market 146
Government appoints Vikas Kaushal as HPCL CMD 147
Coromandel International inaugurates second bentonite sulphur plant at Visakhapatnam 148
Hero Future Energies launches green hydrogen plant in AP 149
EF Polymer wins DCM Shriram AgWater Challenge 150
Pharmaceuticals

Syngene acquires its first manufacturing facility in US 151
Sun Pharma to acquire US-based Checkpoint Therapeutics for $355-mn 152
USFDA raps Granules India for Telangana plant shortcomings 153
Hydrocarbons

Regulator wants oil companies to avoid transportation via road 154
Oilmax Energy commits Rs. 450-crore investment in Assam’s energy and mineral sectors 155
News from Abroad 163

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