08.12.2011
- Finding The Cause - Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere. Dr. Prof. Franz Schmalz at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich has indentified four categories as the...
23.11.2011
- Many controversies surround hydraulic fracturing of underground shale deposits in the quest for oil and gas, but a small Canadian oilfield services company has pioneered a way...
15.11.2011
- Oil and water may not mix, but managing water — moving it, filtering it, recycling it and ultimately exhausting it — is one of the fastest growing sectors of the oil and gas...
26.10.2011
- With more and more players in big pharma looking to outsource in order to focus on core competencies, custom manufacturers stand to benefit from this shift. The most exciting trend...
26.10.2011
- Fine chemicals have had a strong showing in 2011, thanks in particular to a strong agro segment. Also, the industry is seeing more requests for challenging chemical syntheses from...
26.10.2011
- Tailor-made - Almost 30,000 people visited the CPhI in Paris last year - that's equivalent to the population of an averaged-sized town. While the show has grown and grown since its...
26.10.2011
- Tearing Down Walls - The year 2000 marked a new beginning for family-owned Ferak Berlin GmbH. Today, the company produces fine chemicals for the life science and electronic...
24.10.2011
- Wacker Chemie and Dow Corning have officially inaugurated the completed second phase of their joint pyrogenic silica plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China. The pyrogenic...
20.10.2011
- Up To Task - Facing a huge patent cliff and a less-than-robust pipeline, pharma companies must look to customized and personalized medicines. This is where API manufacturers are...
18.10.2011
- Ashland has opened a new technical center in Mumbai, India. The company said the new Ashland Technical Center will develop additives and ingredients that deliver high-performance...
