18.10.2017
- German PVC producer Vinnolit has announced plans to expand capacities for chlorine and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) at its site in Gendorf. The company, which has been part of the...
17.10.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is undertaking expansions in China and Germany for organic peroxides and chloromethanes, respectively. In Ningbo, the company has started...
16.10.2017
- GreenMantra Technologies and leading inks producer Sun Chemical have agreed to jointly develop polymers from recycled polystyrene (PS) waste for use in ink formulations. As part of...
13.10.2017
- The Spanish economy has, since 2014, experienced the highest rate of growth among the main EU countries, thus presenting the best growth projections in terms of GDP, consumption...
12.10.2017
- World-leading PET producer Indorama Ventures Ltd (IVL) has agreed to buy DuPont Teijin Films (DTF), a major producer of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) and...
11.10.2017
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Lonza has acquired Shire’s clinical-stage mammalian manufacturing site in Hayward, California, USA, boosting its cGMP capacity and supplementing...
10.10.2017
- Netherlands-based Stahl Group has completed the purchase of BASF’s leather chemicals business. The German group retained a 16% stake in the Waalwijk-based company in order to...
09.10.2017
- It all started with steam and power, next came mass production with the help of electricity, followed by the digital revolution that transformed the way we work. And what is next...
04.10.2017
- Effective 30 of September 2017, Peter Greven Group, a manufacturer of oleochemical derivatives, has formed Norac Additives and acquired the assets of the additives division of US...
03.10.2017
- Germany’s Wacker Chemie is doubling production capacity for vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) dispersions in South Korea. The Munich-based company will add another reactor at Ulsan for...