09.03.2014
- Competing With Generics - With product innovation falling and drugs going off patent, the generic pharmaceutical market is becoming more predominant. It is expected that generics...
07.03.2014
- The European Commission has opened an in-depth probe into plans by U.S. chemical producer Huntsman to acquire the titanium dioxide assets of compatriot Rockwood Holdings. Outlining...
07.03.2014
- Matthias Zachert, CEO-designate of Lanxess, will take up his duties on Apr. 1, the company said. When it announced the resignation of then-chief executive Axel Heitmann on Jan. 26...
07.03.2014
- Subject to approval by anti-trust authorities in Argentina, Bayer CropScience will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Buenos Aires-based Biagro Group, a producer and distributor of...
07.03.2014
- AkzoNobel has doubled annual production capacity at its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai, China at a cost of around €14 million. The company said the expansion...
06.03.2014
- Oil and petrochemicals giant BP is creating a new business to manage its U.S. onshore oil and gas assets, in what the UK group hopes will allow it to compete more effectively with...
06.03.2014
- Technip has won a contract from Shell UK to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) for the onshore elements of the Peterhead Gas Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) demonstration...
06.03.2014
- German heavy industry continues to turn the heat up on the federal government to alter its energy policies that companies contend promote renewables at the expense of conventional...
06.03.2014
- Germany's Evonik has acquired leading silicic acid esters producer Silbond, headquartered at Weston, Michigan in the U.S. The Marl-based speciality already produces functional...
06.03.2014
- Registration And Safety - Revision of the Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act (TCSCA) in Taiwan has attracted attention from the chemical industry recently because a new REACH...
