20.09.2016
- Through a combination of technology and carbon management expertise, UK oil and petrochemical major BP has launched PTAir, a new low-carbon and carbon-neutral PTA. PTAir is claimed...
16.09.2016
- Leading Japanese companies Kuraray and Sumitomo have signed a heads of agreement with Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) to move ahead with plans to build an engineering...
16.09.2016
- As part of an effort to enhance its presence in North America, ABS specialist ELIX Polymers is opening a central warehouse in the US state of New Jersey to enable shorter lead...
15.09.2016
- In a conference call with journalists on Sept. 14, the chief executives of Bayer and Monsanto expressed confidence that their planned $66 billion merger will face few antitrust...
14.09.2016
- Japan’s Teijin has agreed to buy US composites specialist Continental Structural Plastics Holdings (CSP) for $825 million. Benefiting from CSP’s established sales channels, the...
14.09.2016
- BASF has announced it will cut its European caprolactam production by 100,000 t/y to 400,000 t/y in response to what it called “a difficult market environment.” Most of the...
12.09.2016
- Dear Readers, Since the beginning of the 21st century, pharma M&A activity has exploded. In addition to mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing of research and manufacturing has...
12.09.2016
- In recent years, pharmaceutical logistics has become a highly specialized discipline. This is why Marburg site operator Pharmaserv established a separate segment for the...
12.09.2016
- Potency pills or even life-saving pharmaceuticals such as heparin – the trade with counterfeit medicine is still booming. Accordingly, drug producers and contract packers are...
Growth in the global oncology drug market is an important measure of opportunities in drug development and manufacturing, including for contract manufacturers of active...