12.02.2014
- Gases and engineering group Linde has been tapped by oil refinery group PSC TAIF-NK to provide engineering and procurement services for two hydrogen plants it is building at...
12.02.2014
- Versalis, petrochemicals subsidiary of Italian energy giant Eni, has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. biochemical company Elevance Renewable Sciences to assess the...
12.02.2014
- Strategy - The prolonged Great Recession has signaled a new period of sustained market volatility. A recent Chemical Customer Connectivity Index (C3X) survey of 150 chemical...
12.02.2014
- Thanks to Germany's abstention, the EU Council of Ministers on Feb. 11 elected by default to approve cultivation of a new type of insect-resistant genetically modified maize...
11.02.2014
- The European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC), the voice of the European chemical distribution industry, has published its Business Plan for 2014. The document includes...
11.02.2014
- Regulation - The European Commission's review of REACh has concluded that there is no need for any major changes in the legislation -at least for the moment. This has been welcomed...
11.02.2014
- A State Of Transition - The Chinese economy has reached a crossroads. As economic conditions continue to evolve, the 30-year success story is gradually reaching its limits in some...
11.02.2014
- As the liquidation process for insolvent Spanish PET producer La Seda proceeds, reports from Spain say the company's 170,000 t/y PET polymerization plant at El Prat Llobregat and...
11.02.2014
- Industry Politics - With more than 90 new elected officials in the U.S. Congress this year, chemical executives rallied in the nation's capital on April 10 to better educate...
11.02.2014
- U.S. chemical producer W.R. Grace has emerged from Chapter 11 creditor protection after almost 13 years. The company filed for protection in April 2001 after facing just under 130...
