22.11.2012
- CHEManager Europe 11/2012) Industry Shift to Asia As the global economy gravitates eastward, at least half of the top 10 chemical companies in the world will be Asian or Middle...
21.11.2012
- The stunning catamaran PlanetSolar that has been launched in March 2010 in Kiel, Germany, is the winner of the 2012 Practical Boat Owner (PBO) Green Award for having...
13.11.2012
- BASF today celebrated the grand opening of its new cathode materials production plant in Elyria, Ohio. The materials manufactured at the Elyria plant will be used by BASF's...
08.11.2012
- The Board of Directors of Arkema met on November 7th 2012 to review the Company's condensed consolidated accounts for 3rd quarter 2012. At the end of the meeting, Thierry Le Hénaff...
30.10.2012
- Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion...
24.10.2012
- Dow Chemical, the largest chemical maker in the United States, said on Tuesday it plans to cut 5% of its workforce and shutter 20 plants as part of a restructuring program aimed at...
25.09.2012
- No Walk in the Park - European chemical industry parks and their operators face great challenges. On the one hand, they have to meet increased and more complex demands of globally...
06.09.2012
- Solvay is doubling the production capacity for specialty fluorinated aliphatic derivatives at its plant in Salindres, France, to keep up with the growing demand in strategic...
05.09.2012
- Rockwood announced that its Frankfurt-based German subsidiary Chemetall has completed the formal legal split of its operations into two independent legal entities. Chemetall will...
30.08.2012
- Solvay announced today that its Global Business Unit Aroma Performance will supply two Bolloré Group affiliates, Batscap and BatHium Canada, with specialty Lithium Salt grades...