26.09.2014
- Lufthansa Cargo is simplifying the invoicing model for Cool/td shipments. The sender is now free to select the number of required rental days, the number of additional fees will be...
25.09.2014
- BASF will dissolve its paper chemicals division from Jan. 1, 2015 and spread its products and activities across other divisions of the Performance Products segment, where they fit...
25.09.2014
- Petrochemicals giant LyondellBasell said it is weighing further expansion of its ethylene capacity at Channelview, Texas, potentially adding as much as 550 million lb/y (nearly 250...
23.09.2014
- In the biggest acquisition in the history of the family-owned company, Darmstadt Germany-based chemicals, pharmaceuticals and laboratory products manufacturer Merck KGaA is opening...
22.09.2014
- BASF has started up a new 155,000 t/y butadiene extraction plant at Antwerp, Belgium, complementing a 105,000 t/y unit at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, home base. The new facility...
18.09.2014
- US-based Air Products, which claims to be the global leader in LNG technology and equipment, has been tapped to supply two sets of its proprietary technology, equipment and process...
16.09.2014
- The European Commission has cleared Huntsman's proposed acquisition of a number of Rockwood's chemical businesses in exchange for Huntsman's promise to divest its TR52 portfolio...
16.09.2014
- A joint research team of BASF, Cargill and Novozymes, at work since August 2012 to develop a process for the conversion of renewable raw materials into bio-based acrylic acid, said...
15.09.2014
- Germany's federal environment ministry, as expected, has announced a planned moratorium on commercial hydraulic fracturing, or fracking above 3,000 meters depth until "at least"...
12.09.2014
- German gases and engineering group Linde has been tapped to provide engineering and procurement services for a 2.1 million t/y natural gas liquefaction plant for Canada's Woodfibre...