20.07.2012
- There is rarely a topic which polarizes experts more than the validation of IT-systems. Some would even comprehensively validate systems which only have a remote influence on...
20.07.2012
- China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's biggest oil producer, is in talks with Ecuador's government over a potential investment in the OPEC-member's US-$12.5 billion...
19.07.2012
- Pfizer beat back a challenge from generic drugmakers to a patent that protects its pain medicine Lyrica, its second-best selling drug when a federal judge ruled in its favor on...
19.07.2012
- The highest EU court has cleared a Chinese chemicals company of accusations that Beijing was controlling its trade with Europe, in a victory for private Chinese firms who say they...
19.07.2012
- No other nation exports more chemicals. In 2011, German chemical companies sold chemical products worth over €150 billion euros to customers abroad. With a share of 11.2 percent in...
19.07.2012
- Business in Great Britain - Since 2008, the UK chemical industry has gone through one of the biggest downturns in production of all the world's leading producers of chemicals. Now...
19.07.2012
- Dwindling Confidence in the Industry - EU chemicals production recorded a 1.9% decrease in the first four months of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, according to the...
19.07.2012
- Change of ownership: In 2011, Dow divested all of the Haltermann companies. The only affiliate that retains the name is Haltermann in Germany. The former Dow Haltermann subsidiary...
19.07.2012
- Mean and Lean - The pharmaceutical supply chain has gone through a dramatic transformation over the past few decades, with an ever-increasing number of players involved in...
19.07.2012
- Energy costs are high - This especially impacts companies in processing industries. Process chains are subject to fluctuations in performance, which are hidden, but available...
