07.10.2015
- The Internet of Things (IoT), where smart devices, machines and people communicate and exchange information with each other, has the power to revolutionize the life sciences...
07.10.2015
- In the past 10 years, we have gradually become accustomed to China’s economic rise. In some ways, we are no longer as surprised by it as we should be. I realized this recently when...
07.10.2015
- For many European companies India is foremost an outlet market. As a buying market the chemical market in India is still underrated. Especially in the area of chemical semi...
06.10.2015
- Canada’s Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan has withdrawn its €41 per share offer for potash and salt producer K+S. In reaction to the news, Shares in K+S plunged, while Potash shares...
01.10.2015
- France’s minister for foreign trade, Matthias Fekl, has suggested that the EU should pull out of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) if the US...
03.09.2015
- In mid-2015, BASF opened its first e-commerce store in China, using the Alibaba B2B marketplace platform. According to the company press release, with this step, “BASF is making...
27.08.2015
- Monsanto has abandoned plans to acquire Syngenta, a merger which would have created an agricultural giant, after the Swiss seeds company rejected its latest bid of Swiss Francs 470...
19.08.2015
- On August 12, a fire at a dangerous goods warehouse operated by Ruihai Logistics at the Tianjin harbor quickly turned into a disaster as it triggered two substantial explosions...
28.07.2015
- In the latest chapter of the ongoing controversy over the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the EU, members of the German Bundestag...