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Ineos Issues New Call for Fracking

19.07.2016 - With a new UK government in place, the shale gas industry has quickly come forward to insist that fracking find a place at the top of the national agenda post-Brexit. In former...

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Bayer and X-Chem Expand Drug Discovery Pact

19.07.2016 - Bayer and X-Chem Pharmaceuticals have expanded their global drug discovery collaboration, which was launched in 2012 and spans multiple therapeutic areas and target classes. The...

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EU Regulatory Costs Double in Ten Years

18.07.2016 - A study just released by the European Commission, the Cumulative Cost Assessment (CCA) for the EU Chemical Industry shows that the annual cost for chemical companies to comply with...

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DuPont Critics Warn Ahead of Merger Meeting

18.07.2016 - Keep Your Promises DuPont, a pressure group that bills itself as a “community-based organization seeking to hold DuPont accountable to the people of the Greater Mid-Ohio Valley...

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Recticel First User of Covestro CO2 Polyol

18.07.2016 - Belgian foam products specialist Recticel has signed an agreement with German engineering plastics producer Covestro – the former Bayer MaterialScience – to use Covestro’s CO2...

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Pilot Chemical Buys Fuel Additives Company

18.07.2016 - US specialty chemical company Pilot Chemical has acquired fuel additives manufacturer Liquid Minerals for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition, which was completed on Jun. 30 2016...

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Dow Chemical Wins Saudi Trading License

15.07.2016 - Dow Chemical has become the first foreign company to receive a trading license from the government of Saudi Arabia. The status allows the US group to hold a 100% stake in the...

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Air Liquide Unveils Transformation Plan after Airgas Takeover

15.07.2016 - Air Liquide has unveiled its transformation strategy for the next four years. Chairman and CEO Benoît Potier revealed the details of the company’s NEOS 2016-2020 program during a...