25.06.2014
- BASF is significantly expanding compounding capacity for its Ultramid PA and PBT in Asia to meet demand from automotive industry customers. Additionally, it is widening output of...
24.06.2014
- The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering an emergency request by Texas regulators to allow cotton farmers to deploy a controversial herbicide, marking a new front in...
24.06.2014
- Bayer HealthCare and Dimension Therapeutics have entered into a collaboration for the development and commercialization of a novel gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia A...
24.06.2014
- British drugmaker Shire has rejected a £27 billion ($46 billion) takeover offer from AbbVie, the latest attempt by a US healthcare firm to tap into lower tax rates abroad via an...
23.06.2014
- (CHEManager Inernational 6-7/2014)´ Capital Spending In absolute figures, chemical industry investment in the EU had been increasing from 2004 to 2008, registering a positive trend...
- Provepharm, a French company specialized in the development of pharmaceutical applications, and Dr Franz Kohler Chemie (DFKC), a German leader in the manufacture and supply of...
23.06.2014
- The US state of Pennsylvania is suing 50 oil and petrochemical producers over groundwater pollution caused by leaks and spills of gasoline containing the chemical additive MTBE...
23.06.2014
- (CHEManager International 5/2014) Fuel and Power Consumption Energy costs represent a significant portion of the production cost of the chemical industry. Thus, rising energy...
23.06.2014
- (CHEManager International 4/2014) Top Ranking in Total Trade The EU chemical industry still holds the world top ranking in total trade. As a historically important player in the...
23.06.2014
- Driven by rising demand from customer industries, particularly the automotive sector, and some stabilisation in the construction industry, European chemicals output will grow by 2%...
