03.06.2019
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has started up its new masterbatch plant at Guangzhou, China. The site also includes a state-of-art workshop and an upgraded advanced...
31.05.2019
- Japanese chemical company Showa Denko has agreed to buy ILAG Industrielack, a Swiss manufacturer of specialty non-stick coating chemicals (NSCs), from investors led by private...
31.05.2019
- A recent decision by the US Supreme Court to remand a number of product liability lawsuits against US drugmaker Merck & Co to an appeals court has peaked the pharmaceutical...
30.05.2019
- Amid the jostling for a prominent position in the growing 3D printing sector, another partnership between a chemical company and an additives specialist has been formed. German...
29.05.2019
- Chinese contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) WuXi Biologics has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a “global vaccine leader” to construct a dedicated...
29.05.2019
- China’s drug regulatory authority, National Medical Product Administration (NMPA), has approved GlaxoSmithKline’s new vaccine for herpes zoster (shingles) in adults 50 years old or...
28.05.2019
- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim is planning to invest around 1.6 billion pesos (about $84 million) at its three manufacturing sites in Mexico over the next two years, with...
28.05.2019
- The EU has adopted new rules for fertilizers from 2022, setting limits on toxic contaminants for the first time as well as opening the market for organic products. The regulation...
27.05.2019
- Japan’s Teijin has agreed to sell its polyester film businesses in Japan and Indonesia to compatriot group Toyobo. The company signed an agreement on May 22, and the share transfer...
27.05.2019
- The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has unanimously voted to add perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) to the list of substances to be eliminated under the 2004...