Syensqo and Shell cut product carbon by 51% without reformulation – Global Corporate News Digest, 9 Apr 2026

Sustainability & green chemistry

Syensqo and Shell cut product carbon by 51% without reformulation

BASF shipped a 95-ton machine by river for a historic reason

BASF is putting recycled tyres inside your climbing rope now

NKS runs on 7 MW of solar and is halving its own debt

Materials & advanced technology

Evonik's new PEEK material outlasts steel at extreme temperatures

Bruker's microscope can now detect one atom of chip contamination

Saltigo turns 20 as pharma's most secretive custom manufacturer

Cosmetics & specialty ingredients

Evonik brought a fairy tale to Paris with deadly serious science

Evonik's SPHINOHANCE works in shampoo, serum and SPF at once

Commodities & pricing pressure

Neochem raised OXO chemical prices by $1,200 per tonne

Gulnar Plastics survived 25% US tariffs and here is how

Indian industrials & credit ratings

Spinnmax Tyres just got Rs.250 crore in bonds nobody is covering

Exel Rubber holds CARE A+ and the numbers behind it are striking

Ace Tyres keeps A+ rating but capex risk is quietly building up

New Kandla Salt cut its debt but customer concentration is alarming

Aeroflex Industries carries zero debt and is entering data-centre cooling

Sumitomo Pharma is issuing 59 million new shares to the market

Corporate governance & regulatory filings

Garware Hi-Tech Films appointed a chief people officer this week

Dhampur Sugar's VP quit and two unit heads moved the same day

Clean Science quietly invested Rs.50 crore into its own subsidiary

PCBL Chemical is putting a new woman director to shareholder vote

Somi Conveyor rehired its own independent director for five more years

Balaji Amines renamed its audit firm and the reason actually matters

Yajur Fibres declared it is not a large corporate under SEBI rules

Dolfin Rubbers opted out of SEBI's large-entity debt disclosure rules

Rubfila International filed a depository certificate with a detail worth reading

Navin Fluorine sent TDS certificates most shareholders have not noticed yet

Investor rights & unclaimed money

Aarti Industries warns shareholders to claim dividends before government does

Borosil Renewables started a 100-day clock on your unclaimed money

Vinati Organics is running Saksham Niveshak and your KYC must be current

Careers & talent

Laura joined Evonik as an intern and quietly changed how teams collaborate

Trade events & exhibitions

Saltigo is at Chemspec 2026 celebrating 20 years of exclusive synthesis

BASF is at Techtextil 2026 with textiles you can actually touch