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Healthcare Industry Healthcare Industry Oxford’s P1vital Predicting Response to ® Depression Treatment (PReDicT) (www.p1vital. com) project is using predictive analytics to help di- agnose and provide treatment, with the overall goal of producing a commercially-available emotional test battery for use in clinical settings. b. Personalized Treatment/Behavioral Modification Personalized medicine, or more effective treatment based on individual health data paired with predic- tive analytics, is also a hot research area and closely related to better disease assessment. IBM Watson Oncology (www.ibm.com/watson/ health/oncology-and-genomics) is a leading institu- tion at the forefront of driving change in treatment decisions, using patient medical information and history to optimize the selection of treatment op- tions. Behavioral modification is also an imperative cog in the prevention machine. Somatix (www.somatix. com), a data-analytics B2B2C software platform company whose ML-based app uses “recognition of hand-to-mouth gestures in order to help people better understand their behavior. c. Drug Discovery/Manufacturing The use of machine learning in preliminary (ear- identifying candidates for clinical trials could draw ly-stage) drug discovery has the potential for vari- on a much wider range of data than at present, in- ous uses, from initial screening of drug compounds cluding social media. to predicted success rate based on biological fac- tors. This includes R&D discovery technologies like ML can also be used for remote monitoring and re- next-generation sequencing. al-time data access for increased safety; for exam- ple, monitoring biological and other signals for any Key players in this domain include the MIT Clinical sign of harm or death to participants. Machine Learning Group (www.clinicalml.org) whose precision medicine research is focused on e. Radiology and Radiotherapy the development of algorithms to better understand Google’s DeepMind Health is working with disease processes and design for effective treatment University College London Hospital (UCLH) to de- of diseases like Type 2 diabetes. velop machine learning algorithms capable of de- tecting differences in healthy and cancerous tissues Microsoft’s Project Hanover (news.microsoft.com/ to help improve radiation treatments. stories/computingcancer) is using ML technologies in multiple initiatives, including a collaboration f. Smart Electronic Health Records with the Knight Cancer Institute to develop AI tech- Document classification using support vector ma- nology for cancer precision treatment, with a cur- chines, and optical character recognition are both rent focus on developing an approach to personal- essential ML-based technologies in helping advance ize drug combinations for Acute Myeloid Leukemia the collection and digitization of electronic health (AML). information. MATLAB’s ML handwriting recogni- d. Clinical Trial Research tion technologies and Google’s Cloud Vision API Machine learning has several useful potential appli- (www.cloud.google.com/vision) for optical charac- cations in helping shape and direct clinical trial re- ter recognition are just two examples of innovations search. Applying advanced predictive analytics in in this area: Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018 101

Healthcare Industry g. Epidemic Outbreak Prediction maceutical firms have also realized that value creation ML and AI technologies are also being applied to can happen only when cloud computing systems find monitoring and predicting epidemic outbreaks convergence with mobile, analytics, remote online around the world. Support vector machines and ar- sensors, biometrics and unmanned drones—to name tificial neural networks have been used, for exam- a few. It is very important for chemical these firms to ple, to predict malaria outbreaks. ProMED-mail adopt a coordinated and integrated model while mov- (www.promedmail.org) is an internet-based re- ing towards cloud computing systems to enhance their porting program for monitoring emerging diseases ability to tap new business opportunities, optimize and providing outbreak reports in real-time: customer engagement models and enable differentiat- ed delivery. In the race to apply ML technologies to healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, there are major chal- The industry does have concerns about the reliabil- lenges still to be addressed . These relate to ad- ity and integrity of such systems which deal with very (6) dressing data governance challenges; development sensitive data and IP. Some of the other concerns for of transparent algorithms to meet the stringent reg- the industry has to do with the management control ulations on drug development; recruiting skilled of their technology ecosystem to specific cloud ven- data scientists and streamlining electronic records. dors and the possibility where their technology chang- es will be based on the vendor’s technology status. V. Digital technologies: Shaping the future of The industry will find it more challenging to shift pharmaceuticals business totally to digital platforms and it is more likely to The implications of digital intrusion into healthcare adopt hybrid models which will enable it to balance and pharmaceutical landscape will have far reaching the advantages of existing physical systems with that implications for companies who seek to create sustain- of digital systems. able value through improved operational effective- References ness, product innovation and new customer delivery 1. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Top10_Emerging_ models. Technologies_2015.pdf; Accessed 12 February 2016) Pharmaceutical firms have been sourcing data ana- 2. IBEF. (2015). Healthcare industry in India (www.ibef.org/in- lytics capabilities to rationalize plant operations, facil- dustry/healthcare-india.aspx, Accessed 20 Dec, 2017) ity management, site security systems, enhance utili- 3. Philips. (2016). Future health index; (www.ehealthnews.eu/ ty management while also optimizing energy usage. images/stories/pdf/future_health_index_report_2016.pdf, Integrated supplier and customer network tools aid- Accessed 20 Dec, 2017) ed by digital systems have helped these firms improve 4. PwC analysis, Bharat Broadband Network Limited website productivity and quality management processes. (Accessed 28 Dec, 2017) 5. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/pharmaceuticals- It is in the pharmaceutical industry (where there is and-medical-products/our- insights/how-big-data-can-rev- a high emphasis on intensified process and continuous olutionize-pharmaceutical-r-and-d (Accessed 8 January, manufacturing models for API manufacture) where 2018) cloud computing will find a major role. Integration of 6. https://www.techemergence.com/machine-learning-in- digital threads into process intensification will allow pharma-medicine (Accessed 8 December, 2017). for continuous monitoring of the processes and lead to precision manufacturing with high levels of quality and safety controls A wide array of new technologies driven by aug- mented realities are now connecting assets, people, products, and services by streamlining information flow and enables real-time decisions. Global pharma majors have now risen to challenges in asset optimi- sation, supply chain risks, product quality and deliv- ery integrity and slowly integrating IOTs into business strategies. With rising emphasis on cloud computing, phar- 102 Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018

Chlor-Alkali Challenges facing the Indian Chlor-Alkali Industry Chemical Industry Digest Research Group Abstract The chlor-alkali industry is extremely important as it provides basic chemicals (caustic soda, chlorine, soda ash etc) needed for a wide range of industries such as soaps & detergents, pulp & paper, textile processing, PVC and other chlorinated products, water disinfection, drugs & pharmaceuticals, glass etc and for many other chemical industries. Therefore its potential for growth is high and can be higher if some of the major challenges it faces in terms of high energy costs, effective usage of chlorine, and availability of ethylene can be addressed. This article reviews the status of the industry. Introduction Global Production and India’s share hlor-Alkali industry constitutes manufacturers The present global capacity of caustic soda is es- of caustic soda, chlorine, hydrogen and soda timated at 94 million MTPA while India’s capacity is Cash. While these are the main inorganic chemi- only 3.66 million tonnes i.e. a mere 3.9% of the world cals there are many other products coming within the capacity, while China has a capacity of 38.7 million realm of this industry either as by products/co-prod- tonnes i.e. almost 41% of the world capacity. ucts and derivatives of chlorine. These include sodium Similarly the global soda ash world capacity is 67 hypochlorite and calcium hypochlorite, hydrochloric MTPA. China has the largest capacity at 32 million acid and many other chloro chemicals. A major prod- MTPA or 47.8% of total global capacity, while India’s uct from this industry is polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity is only 3.4 million tonnes i.e. 5%. which has myriad applications. Global PVC capacity is estimated at 58 million These products alongwith other basic chemicals MTPA and India’s capacity is stagnant at 1.53 million provide the thrust to other chemicals manufacturing MTPA (2.6%). In comparison, China’s capacity is 23.48 in the country. The term ‘chlor-alkali’ revolves around million MTPA (40% of Global capacity). the two important chemicals – chlorine and the alka- li caustic soda the manufacturing process produces According to the Alkali Manufacturers’ Association, apart from hydrogen. For every one tonne of chlorine the Indian Industry is facing challenges due to high 1.1 tonne of caustic soda is produced – wherein lies power costs, cheaper imports and higher taxes. These the challenge in the effective utilization of both for the challenges affect the capacity utilization which is sub- commercial success of this manufacturing. optimal at about 82% for caustic soda and soda ash (see tables 1 to 4). Today India produces the entire output through the more energy efficient and environment friendly mem- Challenges brane cell process. The earlier mercury cell caustic soda Despite the more energy efficient membrane cell process has been totally phased out, the plants closed process which technology has been continuously de- down or retrofitted to the membrane cell process. veloped by companies like Thyssenkrupp of Germany Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018 103

Chlor-Alkali with energy consumption being brought down, the part of the vinyl chain and another significant percent- power consumption is a significant cost of production age for making isocyanates. But in India the utilization in India, mainly because of the higher energy costs in of chlorine for the two purposes is quite low. Though the country. According to industry sources power con- PVC demand is huge in India (about 3 million tpa) – stitutes 60% of the cost of caustic –chlor production. a little over 50% (about 1.6 mtpa) is met through im- So the industry faces two major challenges one is ports.The domestic manufacture has not taken off (ex- the high cost of power and the other is finding ways to cept for a few manufacturers) mainly due to the dearth improve the utilization of chlorine which remains very of ethylene, an important raw material to make vi- poor as of today. nyl chloride monomer (VCM). The major producers of PVC in India are Reliance Industries Ltd., Finolex, High Cost Power Chemplast Sanmar, DCW and DCM-Shriram. PVC The industry has been trying to address the chal- producers therefore prefer to import the ethylene di- lenge of higher energy costs by setting up captive pow- chloride (EDC) or VCM and thus the chlorine available er plants. But this is adding to the investment costs (per in India which could have been used for EDC/VCM MW cost being about `6 crore for coal-based power manufacture locally goes abegging. plants). Additionally, state governments have imposed Some part of the chlorine produced goes for hydro- cess, electricity duty and various other taxes which chloric acid and to produce few chlorinated products – add to the cost of power. So this offsets the advantag- but due to the excess chlorine in the country most of it es of setting up captive power plants. The AMAI has is sold at throw away price and hence doesn’t fetch the requested the government to exempt customs duty on correct value for the producers. There are many oth- import of power plant equipment for captive power er chlorine based products for some of which there is generation in its pre-budget recommendations. good potential and many of those continue to be im- Chlorine Usage ported. Some of these products are chloromethanes, The other problem is that of chlorine usage. Globally, methyl chloride, methylene dichloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, monochloroacetic acid, chlorinat- most of the chlorine produced is used for making PVC, ed paraffin wax, trichloroisocyan etc. Table 1 - The capacity utilization of caustic soda units during Also there have been newer and greener process the last five years have been as under routes developed for the manufacture of products (Figures in Thousand MT) such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, epichlorohy- Year Installed Capacity Production % Capacity drin, linear alkylbenzene etc. all of which involved the (As on 31 March) Utilisation use of chlorine or chlorine compounds earlier but are st 2012-2013 3,133.5 2,539.8 81.1 being made now obviating the need for chlorine/chlo- 2013-2014 3,308.7 2,618.3 79.1 rine compounds. This has also impacted the demand for chlorine globally. 2014-2015 3,390.0 2,761.1 81.5 PVC which is a workhorse polymer with wide ap- 2015-2016 3,370.0 2,871.0 85.2 plications in construction, buildings, pipes, windows 2016-2017 3,661.9 3,022.5 82.5 and so on will only find increasing demand in India. Table 2 - The Demand and Supply position of caustic soda during last five years have been as follows: (Figures in Thousand MT) Year Opening Production Imports Total Physical Domestic Closing Stock Domestic Exports Consumption Stock Availability 2012-2013 23.3 2539.8 363.3 2927.0 69.0 2813.6 44.4 2013-2014 44.4 2618.3 379.4 3042.1 67.7 2952.2 22.2 2014-2015 22.2 2761.1 507.7 3291.0 32.4 3230.7 27.9 2015-2016 27.9 2871.0 567.8 3466.7 79.1 3358.2 29.4 2016-2017 29.4 3022.5 465.6 3517.5 82.4* 3412.6 22.5 *Export figures include only physical exports of 82,389 MT. The figures of deemed exports have been included in domestic consumption. 104 Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018

Chlor-Alkali Table 3 - The capacity utilisation of soda ash units during For new caustic soda projects, downstream integra- the last five years have been as follows: tion is recommended from the beginning as it allows (Figures in Thousand MT) planning infrastructure (e.g. utility/offsites) for down- Year Installed Production Capacity stream plants and save on additional spending later Capacity Utilization (%) on. 2012-2013 3076.0 2491.9 81.0 To compete internationally, we need to improve 2013-2014 3076.0 2375.4 77.2 upon capacity utilization, infrastructure, chlorine pipeline corridor. These factors need to be considered 2014-2015 3076.0 2506.3 81.5 at the time of planning a project. Handling of chlorine 2015-2016 3118.0 2692.9 86.4 through pipelines is easier. Therefore, the foremost 2016-2017 3398.0 2768.4 81.5 important point to enhance the chlorine utilization is Table 4 - The Demand & Supply position of soda ash during last five years have been as follows: (Figures in Thousand MT) Year Opening Production Imports Domestic Exports Domestic Closing Stock Availability Consumption Stock 2012-2013 29.2 2491.9 657.3 3178.4 116.3 2993.8 68.3 2013-2014 68.3 2375.4 551.2 2994.9 84.9 2897.6 12.5 2014-2015 12.5 2506.3 705.6 3224.4 26.4 3158.2 39.8 2015-2016 39.8 2692.9 592.0 3324.7 21.2** 3239.6 63.9 2016-2017 63.9 2768.4 677.5* 3509.8 68.4** 3391.4 50.0 (All Tables and Figures provided by Alkali Manufacturers’ Association of India) Unless ethylene availability for PVC manufacturing to get through the development of Chlorine transfer is facilitated in India either by reserving a certain per- through pipelines in India. centage for PVC and/or from any new cracker plants Indian industry needs to focus on inorganic chem- that may come up, India’s import dependency for PVC icals like trichloroethylene, poly aluminium chloride will only increase. And this will not help in increasing and other chlorine based water treatment chemicals the off take of chlorine. as the demand for water treatment is growing. For Recommendations PVC, ethylene imports from US and Europe may be The demand for caustic soda and many chlorinated explored. products is expected to go up. However, the effective Chlorine pipeline transfer will be an important step utilization of chlorine will depend on making ethylene towards prosperity of chlor alkali industry facilitating available and also developing clusters for downstream bulk off take of chlorine. manufacture of chlorinated products around chlor-al- kali units. The PCPIR concept would have been ideal References for the promotion of the chlor-alkali industry but ex- • Alkali Manufacturers’ Association of India (AMAI) direct cept for Dahej none of theother ones planned have tak- communications and their bulletins. en off. The next probability for PCPIR is at Paradeep • Chemical Industry Digest in-house data. on the east coast. AMAI in a pre-budget memorandum to the Government has recommended increasing the cus- toms duties on imports of caustic soda, soda ash and PVC from 7.5% to 10% so as to face the challenge of cost competitive imports from low power cost coun- tries such as in Middle East and SE Asia. At an AMAI international conference on Chlorochemicals, useful and important recommenda- tions were made, which included: Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018 105

Bibliography - Articles Title Authors Topic January 2017 1. Opportunity areas in chemicals for Make in India Manish Panchal, Charu Kapoor, Chemicals Nihaal Jelkie, Tata Strategic Manage- ment Group 2. The Emerging Petrochemicals Scenario in India and Vipul Shah, Reliance Industries Ltd Petrochemicals Globally 3. India: Making the most of the low oil prices Stephen George Oil & Gas KBC Advanced Technologies 4. Scenario on the Indian Fertilizer Industry R G Rajan, Independent Consultant Fertilizer 5. Prospects and challenges for the Indian Crop Vinoo Mathews, Agrochemicals Protection Industry Chemical Industry Digest 6. 3D Engineering and Visualisation for Chemical Ashok Adhikary, IT in EPC Plant Engineering & Construction RDMA Consultants Pvt Ltd 7. Incredible Responsible Care ! Daniel Roczniak Responsible Care ® Building a bright future for Responsible Care American Chemistry Council in India 8. Security of Dual use Chemicals Dr K V Raghavan, GVM Sharma, Dual Use Chemicals Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment S Prabhakar, R Srinivas, K Prathap Kumar, K Ravindranath, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India. Cliff Glantz, Xiao-Ying Yu, Juan Yao, Radha Kishan Motkuri, Rob Siefken, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA. 9. Cloud Computing Technology and its applications Latha D. S, K. Jayaprakash, Cloud Computing in process industry automation Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd February 2017 1. Colours in our life: From aesthetics to functions Dr S. Sivaram Colourants Indian Institute of Science Education and Research 2. Writing a Safety Requirement Specification Shivendra Kapoor Safety Functional Safety Manager, Chola MS Risk Services 3. Maintenance coatings requirements for Narasimha Rao, Sales Head Coatings Chemical Industry Sathish Kumar, High Value Infra Head – South East Asia, Protective Coatings, AkzoNobel 4. China becomes a global process manufacturing Ron Beck, Industry Marketing Director OPEX powerhouse amidst increased market volatility and Sunil Patil, Business Consulting The Chinese Way Director, AspenTech 5. Conquer Mount Everest in Planning and scheduling Patrick Garrett, Senior Product Marketing Planning and Specialist and Nirmala Arifin, Business Scheduling Consulting Director, AspenTech March 2017 1 Nylon: Past, Present and Future Perspectives Anuj Mittal, Suchetana K Shetty Nylon 2. Key Logistic Trends in the Chemical Industry Anthony Elwine, Global Head of Logistics Chemicals, DAMCO 106 Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018

Bibliography - Articles Title Authors Topic 3. Don’t Get Steamed Brad Buecker, Proocess Specialist, Utilities Kiewit Engineering & Design April 2017 1. Entrained Flow Gasification Thomas Mathews, President Gasification Reliance Technology Group 1. Process Intensification for Turnaround of Ananda J. Jadhav, Priyanka R. Patil, Process Chemical Industry Chandrakant R. Holkar, Intensification Dipak V. Pinjari, Aniruddha B. Pandit – Chemical Engineering Dept, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) 3. Surge Prevention in Centrifugal compressor S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant Compressors May 2017 1. Rethink Operations Management Mike Neill, President, Petrotechnics OPEX 2. Challenges in Transfer Line Hydraulics Mitu Saha, Aker Solutions. Transfers in Refinery 3. Alarm Management Bhavinkumar Shah, Alarm A Boon to Safe Operation Linde Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. Management Martin Knoll, Linde Engg. Headquarters, Munich 4. The cases of the Worrisome Valves S. Raghava Chari - Industry Consultant Valves June 2017 1. New Sustainability Pathways Convergence of Dr R Rajagopal, Dr P Lulabi Sustainability knowledge, technologies, literacies and skills KnowGenix 2. Cradle to Cradle - Breaking with conventional Michael Braungart, Novel sustainability concepts by defining chemicals positi- Cedric Wintraecken, Leuphana University Philosophy vely Cedric Wintraecken, Luneburg, Germany) 3. Products Stewardship for a Sustainable Future Dr Sunil Deval – Head, Product Steward- Waste Manage- ship activities ment 4. Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development Dr. S. Venkat Reddy, Senior Lead Scientist Green Chemistry Dr. B. Saha, Director Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd 5. Converting Food Waste into a Resource – Ashish Mishra, Sarang Bansule, Waste A Success Story Sunil Kurapati, Dr. Ramesh Daryapurkar, Management Lars Enviro Pvt. Ltd 6. Reverse Osmosis and IonExchange - Unique process Kedar Oke, Head Marketing/Sales and Reverse Osmosis steps to minimize the liquid discharge Technical, Dr. Jens Lipnizki, Head (Technical) - Lanxess July 2017 1. Intensifying Distillation using Divided Wall Columns: Dr Nilesh A., Mali, Scientist, CSIR-NCL Distillation Current Status and Challenges 2. Ultrasound Assisted Crystallization Sarvesh S Sabnis, Dr. Parag R Gogate, ICT Crystallization 3. Heat Tracing S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant Heat Tracing 4. Reactor Maintenance Tips S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant Reactors Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018 107

Bibliography - Articles Title Authors Topic August 2017 1. What to do when a specialty chemical business gets M. Sriram Specialty commoditised Chemicals 2. Instrumental Methods for estimation of sugars, HMF, Kiran V Pandare, Sunil S Joshi Analytical Inst- furfural and levulinic acid formed during processing CSIR-NCL, Pune rumentation of lingocellulosic biomass September 2017 1. Pumping Solids S L Abhyankar, Industry Consultant Pumps 2. Overview of Membrane Separations with insight on Magan Khakharia, Microfilt India P. Ltd Membrane ceramic membranes Sachin Jadhav, Arvind Sikarwar, Separation Bhaskar Thorat, ICT-Mumbai 3. Centrifugal Pumps Characteristics Curves, System S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant Pumps Resistance, Flow Problems & Solutions October 2017 1. Overview of Project Management Ashok Adhikary - Consultant Project – A Collaborative Effort Management 2. Towards Energy Efficiency in Fertilizer Production R.G. Rajan, Dilip Deshmukh - Consultants Fertilizer 3. Engineering Challenges for a Large Effluent Nishu Simlote - Aker Solutions India Engineering Treatment Plant (ETP) 4. Pipeline Flow Measuring Elements and ISO 5167 S. Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant Flow Measure- ment Noveber 2017 1. Introduction to IIoT and its applications in the Rohit Pimpley, Forbes Marshall Ltd IIoT chemical industry 2. Digital transformation of the chemical industry G Ganapathiraman, ARC Advisory Group, IIoT India 3. A Real-world approach to the IIoT for process Bart Winters, Francois Leclerc, IIoT & Process reliability Honeywell Process Solutions Reliability 4. Piping stress analysis primer S. Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant Piping Stress Analysis December 2017 1. Understanding the basics of ‘Tolerable Risk’ Shivendra Kapoor, Safety Chola MS Risk Services. 2. Is your Process Safe ? SIL, SIS, SFF PHA etc. S Raghava Chari – Industry Consultant Process Safety Demystified ! 3. Failure Analysis of boiler bank tubes of HRSG and Maushumi Kakoti Talukdar, Failure Analysis comparative study for integrity assessment Abhay Kujur, Anil Bhardwaj, IEOT, Phase II, ONGC. 4. Transforming refinery operations via software Ron Beck, Sunil Patil - AspenTech software innovations 108 Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018

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Diary Events To Come Date Title Venue Contact 2018 India 22 - 24 CAPINDIA 2018 Bombay Exhibition Centre, CAPINDIA 2018 th nd Goregaon, Mumbai Sarabjeet Sharma March Mobile: +91 9987872613 Tel: +91 22 67574444 Ext : 262 Email: [email protected] Web: capindiaexpo.in/ 12 -13 Vinyl India – 2018, Mumbai ElitePlus++Business Services th th April 8th International PVC Diya Shah &Chlor-Alkali Summit Tel: +91 22 26000555/6 Mobile: +91 9619634690 25 -26 Chemspec India 2018 Mumbai Chemical Weekly, HPIC India & Mack- th th April ChemProTech India 2018 brooks Exhibition ChemLogistics India 2018 Rohit Pande Tel:+91-9280884550 HPIC India 2018 Email: [email protected] Krunal Goda Tel: +91-9004005520 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ChemProTechIndia.com Web: www.ChemLogisticsIndia.com 4 – 6 India Chem 2018 Bombay Exhibition Centre, FICCI th th October NSE Nesco Complex Nachiket Basole Goregaon, Mumbai Assistant Director Tel: +91-98673 12834 Fax: +91 22 2496 8000 Email: [email protected] Web: www.indiachem.in 2018 Foreign 7 - 9 , The 19 China Int’l Agro- Shanghai, China Inorbit Tours Pvt Ltd, th th th March chemical & Crop Prfotec- Mr Om Prakash – Dir tion Exhibition 2018 Prabhadevi, Mumbai. Tel: 022-24229281/24389271 Email: [email protected] 13 – 15 Filtech 2018 Cologne, Germany FILTECH th th March Suzanne Abetz Tel: +49 2132935760 Fax: +49 2132935762 Email: [email protected] Web: www.filtech.de 11 -13 China Interdye 2018 Shanghai, China Shanghai International Exhibition th th April, 2018 18 China Intl Dye Indus- Co Ltd th try, Pigments and Textile Web: www.chinainterdye.com/en Exhibition Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018 111

Diary 14 – 18 IFAT 2018 München,Germany IFAT 2018 th th May Bianca Gruber Tel.: +49 89 949-21502 Fax: +49 89 949-97-21502 E-Mail: bianca.gruber@messe- muenchen.de 15 – 16 11 International Confer- Cologne, Germany Nova-InstitutGmBH th th th May ence on Bio-based Materi- Dominik Vogt als Tel: +49 0 2233 48 1449 Email: [email protected] Web: www.bio-based-conference.com 11 - 15 th ACHEMA – World Forum Frankfurt am Main, DECHEMA th June and Leading Show for the Germany Dr. Kathrin Rubberdt Process Industries Tel: 004969/7564-277 Web: www.achema.de/en INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Sr. Advertiser Page Sr. Advertiser Page No. No. No. No. 1. Andritz Pumps IFC 15. Mettler Toledo India Pvt Ltd. 17 2. ATE Envirotech Pvt Ltd. 6 16. Microfilt Filter Media Pvt Ltd. 86 3. Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd. 10 17. Mixrite Mixing Systems 101 4. Clearsep Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd. 18 18. Munters India Humidity Control Pvt Ltd. 31 5. Cole – Parmer India Pvt. Ltd. 52 19. Nirmal Industrial Controls Pvt Ltd. 45 6. Covestro India Pvt Ltd. Front Cover 20. Rathi Transpower Pvt Ltd. 69 7) De Dietrich Process Systems India Pvt Ltd. 35 21. SEW Eurodrive 9 8) DuFlon Industries Pvt. Ltd. 96 22. SSP Pvt Ltd. 87 9) Evergreen Technologies Pvt Ltd. 76 23. Tata Chemicals Ltd. 3 10) Godrej Industries Ltd. IBC 24. Tecnimont Pvt Ltd. 27 11) Haver Ibau India Pvt Ltd. 97 25. thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) 13 Pvt Ltd. 12. Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. 49 26. UNP Polyvalves (India) Pvt Ltd. 100 13. KSB Pumps Ltd. 93 27. Vacunair Engineering Co. Pvt. Ltd. 75 14. Metrohm India Ltd. Back Cover 112 Chemical Industry Digest. Annual - January 2018



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