05.08.2014
- Plans by Ineos to acquire UK-based PVC compounder Doeflex have been approved by the EU Commission, and the asset transfer is now expected to be completed on 1 September. The new...
05.08.2014
- Initial investigation into a fire at PetroChina's refinery and petrochemical complex at Lanzhou City in the northwestern province of China's Gansu province shows the blaze was...
05.08.2014
- An understanding of organizational change management (OCM) - an often overlooked subject - is essential for successful corporate decision making with little adverse effect on the...
05.08.2014
- Sustainability has come to the fore in the cosmetics and personal care industry. Rising ethical consumerism and the need for resource efficiency are making cosmetic companies --...
05.08.2014
- Shares of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, one of a few companies to have developed Ebola treatments advanced enough to be tested on people, soared in early August 4 trading, but later...
04.08.2014
- US-based Catalent, which claims to be the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, is...
04.08.2014
- French chemical producer Arkema has signed a ten-year agreement with US energy company Enterprise Products Partners for the supply of shale gas-derived propylene to its US...
04.08.2014
- It looks "more or less likely" that Ineos will apply for a license to explore for shale gas in the 14th round of onshore applications launched by the UK government at the end of...
04.08.2014
- There are two main disciplines in catalysis research -- homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. This is due to the fact that the catalyst is either in the same phase (homogeneous...
04.08.2014
- The way we envision a chemical bond has been revolutionized by advances in theory over the past few years. This book provides an overview of the approaches to modeling bonds...