About Us
is published by BLOCKDALE which was set up in the year 1987 for publishing technical journals. Blockdale is the publishing company started by Vinoo Mathews who after several years in the chemical industry journalism in India and abroad, started
In 1989 Chemical Industry Digest was commissioned by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research of the Ministry of Science & Technology
of the Government of India to publish 4 special issues on Consultancy Engineering
in an exclusive tie-up with them. These four issues were brought out successfully.
Chemical Industry Digest became a monthly journal in the year 2004. It is a professional
technical journal catering to engineers and scientists in chemical process industries.
The focus of the journal is to provide technical and engineering updates on processes, operations and equipment for all chemical process industries such as : refineries, petrochemicals, fertilizers, pesticides and agrochemicals, speciality chemicals, perfumery chemicals, dyes and dye intermediates, chlor alkali, paints and coatings etc.
Chemical Industry Digest, therefore carries technical papers, in each issue, relevant to the above areas and industry segments. Technical papers covered also include design, operation and maintenance of equipment, software and CAD articles on new developments in project management and project construction, revamp, etc.
• News
• New Developments
• Book Reviews
• New Projects
• New Scientific Developments
• Corporate and Personality Profiles
• Forthcoming Events
• Directory of selected suppliers to enable sourcing
• Industry reviews
• Group discussions
One of the important features of Chemical Industry Digest is its retentiveness due to reference information published, data orientation and sourcing possibilities from several addresses and contacts provided at the end of articles and features.
Chemical Industry Digest Annual issue is released in January, every year and it has
been an outstanding success till date. The much awaited annual issues are kept and
constantly referred to by readers for years due to the quality of content published.
The Chemical Industry Digest Annual, unlike the regular monthly issues from February to December, contains non-technical or not too technical content. It reviews every segment of the process industry from oil & gas, refineries, petrochemicals, fertilizers & other agrochemicals, all other downstream chemical industries to equipment & EPC industries. Many unique & distinctively different, topical & general interest articles & features are also published.
Chemical Industry Digest is a monthly journal. Chemical Industry Digest is read by engineers and technical personnel from top management to shop floor level in all functional areas like production, maintenance, purchase, environment and safety, instrumentation etc, and scientists in R&D, quality control, etc. Apart from the readers in chemical industry segments mentioned above, Chemical Industry Digest is widely read in chemical plant & equipment, including pumps, valves and instrumentation and consultancy engineering companies, R&D organisations and industry associations.
Calibre Communications, a division of Blockdale, conducts workshops and conferences on operations and functional areas of chemical industries.