04.08.2016
- Huntsman has agreed to sell its European surfactants business to US specialty chemicals company Innospec as it continues to restructure its portfolio. The proceeds of $225 million...
04.08.2016
- “Extreme events have the greatest potential to produce natural catastrophes that affect businesses, jobs or economies on a regional or global scale.” That is how Dr. Kevin...
03.08.2016
- UK performance and specialty chemicals company Thomas Swan has partnered with the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester, UK, to accelerate research and...
03.08.2016
- Ineos Enterprises, a portfolio unit of the Swiss-based chemical group, has purchased Calabrian Holdings from private equity firm SK Capital at the end of July for an undisclosed...
03.08.2016
- The focus of the SEMICON Europa 2016 is materials and equipment for the semiconductor industry. The most significant European industry gathering will take place this year from...
01.08.2016
- Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) has announced it will sell its production facilities for PET feedstock PTA in India and China by the end of this year, citing continuing...
29.07.2016
- A US legislator who authored a law that keeps most of the state of Arkansas' lethal injection policy a secret has challenged the right of pharmaceutical producers to object to...
28.07.2016
- Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) produce machines for special applications, all types of equipment, skids and subsystems. These are all tailor-made system components that...
28.07.2016
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented legislation passed by Congress in 2010, aimed at reducing exposure to formaldehyde vapors from certain wood products...
27.07.2016
- Saudi Arabian chemical giant SABIC and an affiliate of ExxonMobil are weighing the potential development of a joint petrochemical complex on the US Gulf Coast. If it goes ahead...