16.07.2019
- Dismissing a challenge by the European plastics producers‘ association PlasticsEurope, the General Court of the European Union has upheld a classification by the European Chemicals...
08.07.2019
- The world plastics production, according to the PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG)/Conversio Market & Strategy, almost reached 350 million tons in 2017. China is the...
03.07.2019
- Amid criticism that the chemical industry is dragging its feet on REACH, the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has kept a pledge made in June to help bring producers into...
01.07.2019
- 'The Night Watch', Rembrandt´s 377-year old painting, will undergo an innovative restoration. In a fusion of old and new, Operation Night Watch will employ a series of ground...
28.06.2019
- Marketplace shifts and the increasing volatility of international political developments are making it harder for large chemical tankers such as BASF to navigate the choppy...
27.06.2019
- In a deal expected to close early next year, US biopharma AbbVie is buying troubled Botox manufacturer Allergan for $63 billion in cash and shares. The acquisition is the second...
26.06.2019
- With the number of Roundup-related cases rising and the share price still flat at best – a recent communication aimed at pacifying shareholders fizzled – analysts at Bernstein have...
21.06.2019
- Every real-world operating plant is characterized by cumulative evolution, both to its brownfield physical condition and to the varied types and formats of theoretically...
17.06.2019
- As lawsuits claiming that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes cancer – more than 14,000 to date – keep flooding in, and all jury trials so far have gone against it...
11.06.2019
- Royal Dutch Shell said it will invest in its chemicals business between $3 billion and $4 billion every year through the next decade as it aims to expand into selected base...
