Expanded domestic corporate and operating wire – 27 Jul 2026

RESULTS & EARNINGS

Gujarat Alkalies profit jumps nearly seven-fold as caustic-soda margins and renewable power lift the quarter

Coromandel profit falls 26% as fertiliser input costs outrun subsidy; crop-protection profit rises 44%

NACL Industries profit rises 65% despite lower sales, pointing to margin and mix rather than demand

GRP’s rubber-recycling segment profit rises 71% as reclaimed rubber gains pricing support

CAPACITY, PROJECTS & TECHNOLOGY

Excel Industries completes a Rs40 crore contract-manufacturing plant and plans another Lote specialty line

Sanathan Textiles doubles technical-textile yarn capacity at Silvassa; commercial output is due in August

Adani and Dioxycle move carbon-to-formic-acid technology toward an Indian pilot

Godrej takes a biosurfactant to commercial scale, widening India’s green-chemistry product set

China’s second-half chemical start-up wave could add more than 34 million tonnes of olefins and aromatics

REGULATION & OPERATIONS WATCH

Chemplast Sanmar’s Karaikal EDC unit is ordered shut after a fire, tightening the PVC-chain watch

Kabra Extrusiontechnik suspends Daman operations after flooding

India tightens sea-carriage rules for plastic pellets with an under-deck requirement

HPCL’s 20-tonne plastic-pyrolysis-oil tender makes contaminant control the real qualification gate

FINANCE & CREDIT WATCH

Deepak Nitrite backs an Oman subsidiary loan with a USD78.43 million guarantee

Two rubber and plastics borrowers remain at default-grade ratings under non-cooperation