21.07.2015
- Berlin, Germany-based specialty plating chemicals and equipment firm Atotech has won by default a patent infringement case filed by a Chinese competitor related to its Stannatech...
21.07.2015
- Private equity investor OpenGate Capital has received the EU green light for its planned takeover of Kem One Innovative Vinyls, the plastics processing side of the former Arkema...
20.07.2015
- BASF has commissioned a new production plant for form release agents at its Staßfurt, Germany, site after completing successful trial operations in July. The new facility produces...
20.07.2015
- New Tianlong Industry Co. Ltd. (NTL) plans to license technology from DuPont for use in what will be the People’s Republic’s largest cellulosic ethanol manufacturing plant, located...
20.07.2015
- Ineos is close to reaching a settlement of its intellectual property complaint against Chinese state-owned chemical giant Sinopec, Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of the petrochemicals...
20.07.2015
- A European Commission (EC) proposal to allow member states to restrict or prohibit the import of genetically modified crops for food or feed, even if they have been approved by the...
17.07.2015
- The pharmaceutical industry is entering a period of sustained growth. Prescription drug sales are set to advance at almost 5% a year until 2020 while worldwide prescription drug...
17.07.2015
- The plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) on Jul. 2 approved the resolution for a circular economy passed in June by its environment committee. This recommends binding...
17.07.2015
- US biotech firm Celgene has agreed to pay $7.2 billion, or $232 per share, to acquire compatriot Receptos, a biotech company that makes a potential blockbuster drug to treat...
17.07.2015
- Ineos is planning to move some of its corporate functions back to the UK from its current headquarters in Switzerland, according to unconfirmed press reports. In an interview with...
