10.05.2017
- Akzo Nobel continues to fight to retain its corporate independence, rejecting a third bid from US coatings rival PPG at the beginning of the week just as an activist shareholder...
09.05.2017
- US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has said it will appeal the verdict of a jury in St. Louis, Missouri, ordering the company to pay more than $110 million in damages to a...
27.04.2017
- The notion of transforming process engineering production from the batch principle to continuous flow processes based on micro- and milli-reactors may not always be so easy for...
27.04.2017
- It is nearly 10 years since Europe’s chemical legislation REACh was established. The regulation -described as the most complex in the EU’s history – came into effect on Jun 1, 2007...
27.04.2017
- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the administration authority for the EU’s REACH chemical legislation, said it is on track to achieve its goal of having all relevant...
26.04.2017
- Flexibility is a key to mastering volatility and designing a patient-centric supply chain. To optimize flexibility, companies must carefully balance the costs and benefits. The...
20.04.2017
- AkzoNobel said it will press ahead with plans to spin off its Specialty Chemicals segment as an alternative to a merger with US rival PPG, which is pursuing a takeover of the Dutch...
12.04.2017
- Less than two months to go until the international experts of the fine and speciality chemicals industry meet in Munich. From 31 May – 1 June 2017, about 350 exhibitors from 24...
04.04.2017
- “Digital transformation has been an ongoing process for years now. Companies faced with it have to cultivate their jungle of historically grown master data. In the next step, they...
03.04.2017
- Africa is one of the most promising pharmerging markets. For a recent project, pharma supply-chain experts from Camelot Management Consultants visited more than a dozen countries...
