14.07.2014
- Manufacturers and users of helium are expressing concern about the impending closure of a vast aquifer of the noble gas near Amarillo, Texas. For around 50 years, the Amarillo site...
14.07.2014
- US-based Cytec Industries has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with German manufacturer of acrylic fibers Dralon to explore and develop large-tow industrial grade carbon...
14.07.2014
- Bayer CropScience is seeking approval from the EU's Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) for use of its foliar neonicotinoid insecticide Biscaya in niche applications this autumn...
14.07.2014
- World's largest chemical producer BASF and Mexico's Alpek have agreed to restructure their 50:50 Mexican joint venture Polioles. Under the terms of the transaction set to close in...
11.07.2014
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to prohibit the use of certain chemicals that it said "significantly contribute to climate change," where safer, more...
11.07.2014
- Toray Chemical Korea is said to have agreed to pay $2 million to settle a criminal complaint alleging attempted theft of a DuPont trade secrets. The complaint against the...
11.07.2014
- US plastics compounder and distributor A. Schulman has completed its acquisition of a "selected majority" of Ferro's Specialty Plastics assets for $91 million in cash. The deal...
10.07.2014
- Germany's chemical producers are pleased with progress made in the first half of 2014. Production increased by 3% averaged across the portfolio, while sales rose 2%, despite a...
10.07.2014
- Biesterfeld AG expands its Executive Board from two to four members: beside Birger Kuck, CEO, and Christian Wolfsohn, CFO, Thomas Arnold, Managing Director of Biesterfeld...
10.07.2014
- A former manager of Yantong Commercial and Chemical Company in Beipiao in northeast China's Liaoning province has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for failing to take...
