27.01.2017
- Styrenics producer Trinseo, formerly known as Styron and once part of Dow Chemical, has agreed to sell its 50% share of Sumika Styron Polycarbonate (SSPC) to joint venture partner...
25.01.2017
- Boosting its presence in the UK pharmaceutical market, French company Ethypharm has acquired Martindale Pharma for an undisclosed sum. Martindale is a leading UK specialty pharma...
24.01.2017
- BASF has announced it will widen MDI capacity at its Antwerp, Belgium, production site to 650,000 t/y of the starting material for polyurethane foam from 550,000 t/y currently. The...
24.01.2017
- US coatings giant PPG Industries said it has bought “certain assets” of Chinese automotive refinish coatings company Futian Xinshi for an undisclosed sum. The assets include Futian...
23.01.2017
- A report first published in January 2016 and presented last week to a global audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, calls for a quantum leap in global...
20.01.2017
- In November 2016 Global Bioenergies (GBE) completed the construction of the only demo plant in the world that is dedicated to the direct fermentation of gaseous hydrocarbons. It is...
20.01.2017
- Among the “firsts” launched at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, were – unusually – two projects in which the global chemicals-related industry got its day in...
19.01.2017
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences company Merck KGaA has opened a new plant in Mollet des Vallès, Spain dedicated solely to the manufacture of meglumine, an FDA...
18.01.2017
- As part of an ongoing strategy to expand its product portfolio and invest in high-growth markets, Swiss flavors and fragrances company Givaudan has added local firm Activ...
18.01.2017
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said on Jan. 17 it hoped to restart its fire-impacted Takreer refinery at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates before the end of...
