21.07.2014
- The US has set steep import duties on Chinese chemicals used in sanitizing water after finding the products were being sold too cheaply. In a preliminary decision, the Department...
21.07.2014
- BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for mobile emissions catalysts in Sroda Slaska, a Special Economic Zone near Wroclaw, Poland. The facility, the German group's largest...
21.07.2014
- In its fifth attempt to buy the company, AbbVie, a recent spin-off of US drugmaker Abbott Laboratories, has won the race to acquire European rival Shire, clinching the deal for...
21.07.2014
- Jens Oldendorf joins WeylChem International on August 1 as global director sales and marketing Advanced Intermediates and Reagents (AI&R). He holds degrees in business, economics...
18.07.2014
- In another sign that the US shale gas boom may be contributing to higher seismic activity, regulators in the state of Colorado have said they believe the disposal of oil and gas...
18.07.2014
- US chemical producer Celanese plans to expand manufacturing capability at its Suzano, Brazil, site by 2015 to include Celstran long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT). At the...
18.07.2014
- Denmark has, at least temporarily, abandoned plans proposed two years ago to restrict the use of phthalates in plasticisers beyond the rules already stipulated by the EU's REACH...
18.07.2014
- It appears that Marl, Germany-based PVC producer Vestolit may be up for grabs again. Private equity investor Strategic Value Partners (SVP) Global is said to be looking to sell the...
17.07.2014
- Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Germany's Merck KGaA has appointed Luciano Rossetti as executive vice president and global head of research & development with...
17.07.2014
- A survey conducted by the US Center for Effective Government in cooperation with the Coming Clean Collaborative in the wake of the deadly explosion of the West fertilizer storage...
