06.11.2014
- AkzoNobel has started up its new powder coatings plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Without giving detail, the Dutch group said the facility will "significantly increase...
06.11.2014
- After seeing weakness in the second quarter of this year, business of the German chemical industry picked up some momentum in the third quarter, with production up 0.5% and sales...
05.11.2014
- DSM Engineering Plastics has decided on Augusta, Georgia, USA, as the site of its new North American plant for polyamide 6 sold under the Akulon trademark. The new facility...
05.11.2014
- Dow Chemical has closed its last remaining production facility in the Teesside area of northeast England. Some 30 workers will be made redundant in the shuttering of the amines and...
05.11.2014
- For a second time, Ineos has increased the number of vessels required to transport US shale-gas derived ethane to its planned terminals at Grangemouth, Scotland, and Rafnes, Norway...
04.11.2014
- Botox maker Allergan, which is fighting a hostile takeover bid by Valeant Pharmaceutical, is said to have been approached about a potential transaction by another party. The news...
04.11.2014
- If the US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, goes ahead with plans to dredge mercury-containing sediment from the contaminated Pompton Lake in the state of New Jersey, chemical...
04.11.2014
- A realignment scheme initiated by new Lanxess CEO Matthias Zachert last spring could see the chemical producer's 16,900-strong workforce cut by 7%, a German newspaper has reported...
03.11.2014
- Over the last few years Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technologies have grown from initial stages to highly dynamic topics in research projects and industrial applications...
03.11.2014
- As Chemtura moves toward closing the sale of its AgroSolutions business to U.S.-based Platform Specialty Chemicals for around $1 billion, its board has approved a share buyback...
