08.09.2016
- In response to global market growth, BASF is to install additional capacity for Ultrason polyarylsulfone in Yeosu, South Korea. A new 6,000 t/y production line will start up at the...
08.09.2016
- Despite tremendous challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry, it continues with its commitment to innovation and the discovery of novel drugs to address unmet medical needs...
06.09.2016
- Styrenics producer Trinseo, formerly Styron and part of Dow Chemical, has approved plans to close its latex production plant in Livorno, Italy, by the end of 2016. Trinseo said it...
01.09.2016
- US firms Avantor Performance Materials and NuSil Technology have agreed to merge. Both are majority held by New York-based private equity fund New Mountain Capital which will...
01.09.2016
- ChemChina, Saudi Aramco and the National Industrial Clusters Development Program (NICDP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore investment opportunities in...
01.09.2016
- Swiss construction chemicals company Sika has established two new subsidiaries in Djibouti and Cameroon, taking the total number on the African continent to 18. The company said...
01.09.2016
- Canadian fertilizer majors Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Agrium are in discussion about a potential merger, both companies have confirmed. Potash Corp. is the world’s largest...
31.08.2016
- AkzoNobel has broken ground on a new powder coatings plant in Mumbai, India. Capacity details were not revealed for the facility scheduled to start up in late 2017. The plant...
26.08.2016
- Solar Impulse, the first airplane designed to fly day and night without requiring fuel and without producing carbon emissions, again demonstrated the potential held by new...
24.08.2016
- BASF has opened a new plant for construction chemicals in Sri Lanka, its first in the country. The German chemical company said Sri Lanka’s growing construction industry is...
