17.06.2015
- Women exposed to higher levels of the pesticide DDT while in utero face increased risk of breast cancer later in life than those exposed to lower levels, according to new research...
17.06.2015
- In a case dating back to January 2012, Ineos ChlorVinyls has received a fine of £166,650 for a leak of caustic soda into the Manchester Ship Canal near its Runcorn, UK, site. The...
17.06.2015
- Germany’s Evonik and AkzoNobel of the Netherlands have established a 50:50 joint venture to build and operate a membrane electrolysis facility for potassium hydroxide solution and...
15.06.2015
- DuPont has completed a 20% expansion of production capacity for its glass fiber-reinforced PA 6 and PA 6.6 resins, sold under the trade name Zytel, at its Hamm-Uentrop, Germany...
15.06.2015
- Following shareholder approval of the name change on Jun 5, Iceland-based generic drugmaker Actavis has begun trading as Allergan. The name change follows the Botox manufacturer’s...
15.06.2015
- Swedish contract drug manufacturer Recipharm has completed the acquisition of OnTarget Chemistry in Uppsala, Sweden, a company specialized in medicinal chemistry with a portfolio...
15.06.2015
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has won the European Commission’s approval for its planned takeover of US life science company Sigma-Aldrich, subject to certain conditions. The EU green light...
14.06.2015
- Tessenderlo Kerley, part of Belgium’s Tessenderlo group, has acquired the global herbicide assets belonging to the weed killer norflurazon (Solicam) from Swiss agrochemical giant...
14.06.2015
- French Environment and Energy Minister Segolène Royal has told the French television network France 3 she plans to ask garden shops to stop selling Monsanto's glyphosate weed...
14.06.2015
- The China Plastics Processing Industry Association CPPIA has joined nearly 20 other international trade organizations in Operation Clean Sweep (OCS), an initiative aimed at...
