10.02.2010
- Hexion Specialty Chemicals' board of directors has approved construction of a manufacturing plant in Onsan, Korea, to produce Cardura monomer, a Versatic acid derivative used as a...
10.02.2010
- Akzo Nobel Industrial Chemicals, together with Uhde and Uhdenora, has filed an international patent application for remote controlled chlorine production units. The patent claim is...
10.02.2010
- Solvay has announced that it will invest €5 million in the construction of a test fuel cell with a total electric power of 1 MW at the Solvin plant in Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. The...
10.02.2010
- Airgas formally rejected a takeover offer from Air Products and Chemicals on Tuesday, saying the $5.1 billion offer "significantly undervalues" the industrial gas company...
10.02.2010
- Celanese posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as demand for its chemical products increased, pushing revenue higher. The company reported net income of $5 million...
10.02.2010
- Martin Virot has taken the reins as the leader of DuPont France. Martin's earlier DuPont assignments included responsibilities as general director of several segments within...
10.02.2010
- German drug company Boehringer Ingelheim is in talks to make Japanese subsidiary SSP wholly-owned in a deal worth more than $335 million, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Boehringer...
Parker Hannifin GmbH &Co.KG - Parker Balston, part of Parker Hannifin, a global leader in motion and control technologies, has enhanced its existing range of analytical gas generators for life science, chemical...
09.02.2010
- Lanxess plans to build a new facility for formalin production at its site in Krefeld-Uerdingen. The specialty chemicals group will then no longer be dependent on buying in the...
09.02.2010
- Praxair has signed a contract with ExxonMobil to build, own and operate an air separation unit (ASU) to supply additional nitrogen for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations at...