18.09.2012
- In light of high overcapacities and low margins in some regions, BASF is focusing its global Styropor (EPS: expandable polystyrene) activities on strategic markets and core...
18.09.2012
- The Management Committee of Euro Chlor, the Federation of the European chlorine producing companies, has elected Andreas Amling, Senior Vice President of Bayer MaterialScience, as...
18.09.2012
- As the second largest consumer of synthetic latex polymers in the world after North America, the combined states of the EU-27 consumed nearly 2.5 million dry tons of synthetic...
18.09.2012
- Dutch group AkzoNobel, the world's largest paints maker and owner of the Dulux brand, said chief executive Ton Büchner was taking medical leave for a few weeks for fatigue. "This...
18.09.2012
- Billionaire German investor Dietmar Hopp is betting another €80 million ($105 million) on CureVac, a pioneer of vaccines based on a molecule related to DNA, in one of the biggest...
17.09.2012
- AkzoNobel has cemented its position as a global sustainability leader after being ranked in first place in the Chemicals supersector on the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability...
17.09.2012
- DKSH, a Market Expansion Services Group with a focus on Asia, and Wacker, the Munich-based chemical company have entered into a strategic regional partnership covering the whole of...
16.09.2012
- Johnson & Johnson said Sandra Peterson, currently a Bayer executive, will take on the new role of group worldwide chairman, overseeing a consent decree at the company's troubled...
16.09.2012
- Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemicals firm, expects to significantly ramp up sales of its drought-tolerant corn seeds in the United States as a historic drought ravages the...
16.09.2012
- In a tax decision with broad impact for manufacturing companies, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Dow Chemical could not retroactively claim research and development tax...
