15.08.2018
- Saudi petrochemicals and plastics group SABIC is working with US product design firm Nottingham Spirk to develop new uses for its specialty materials. With this partnership SABIC...
15.08.2018
- Chemetall, the surface treatment business of BASF’s Coatings division, is investing in a new site in Zhejiang province, China. The complex, which will be located in the Dushan Port...
10.08.2018
- Reacting to what it said is strong local demand for the intermediate used to produce PA 6.6, US nylon giant Invista has begun engineering work on a world-scale adiponitrile (ADN)...
06.08.2018
- Arkema has opened its new 3D Printing Center of Excellence at the Exton, Pennsylvania, site of US business line Sartomer. As part of the facility’s work, the French chemical...
06.08.2018
- Indian chemical contractor Nuberg EPC has secured a $53 million project to build a chlor-alkali and chlorine derivatives complex for Saudi Factory for Chlorine and Alkalies (SACHLO...
03.08.2018
- Fluorinated structures make up more than 20 % of modern drugs, but benign and fast fluorination schemes are scarce. In a study published in the Wiley publication European Journal...
03.08.2018
- Following clearance from the European Commission, US-based Valtris Specialty Chemicals, a portfolio company of private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has completed its €111 million...
02.08.2018
- Agrochemical and biotech companies based in the EU are assessing a ruling last week by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that could potentially make work with genetically edited...
02.08.2018
- Japan’s Teijin Frontier has agreed to acquire German automotive interior materials supplier J.H. Ziegler for about €125 million. The acquisition will boost Teijin’s automotive...
01.08.2018
- Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG) and Leaf Malaysia have entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in relation to Leaf’s proposed biorefinery project in Malaysia...