26.04.2018
- Back in 2006, Clive Humby at Tesco said the almost prophetic words “data is the new oil.” Time proved him right. Now, 12 years later, the top 5 companies in the world in terms of...
26.04.2018
- Everywhere in business today, customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders or owners, consultants and other pundits, and also the media seem to only have one topic. It is...
26.04.2018
- The state prosecutor’s office in Frankenthal, Germany, has charged an unidentified contract worker with causing the deadly fire and explosion at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in October...
25.04.2018
- Germany’s Wacker Chemie has opened a new production site for silicone elastomers at Jincheon in South Korea. The company has invested around €15 million in the site, which is...
25.04.2018
- Dutch storage operator Vopak will expand capacity at its Botlek terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. The company will add 15 new stainless steel tanks with a total capacity of 63...
25.04.2018
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro has opened what it calls a “flagship store” under the link covestrochina.1688.com on the online platform of Chinese internet giant...
24.04.2018
- China’s patent office has granted a patent application filed by German pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck for use of the company’s CRISPR technology in a genomic...
24.04.2018
- The European Parliament (EP) has approved the European Commission’s Circular Economy package aimed at reducing waste and boosting recycling in the currently 28 member states, along...
23.04.2018
- AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Ineos Nitrile that will allow it to expand its biodegradable chelates output in Europe. Terms of the...
20.04.2018
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has signed an agreement to sell its global consumer health business to Procter & Gamble (P&G) for around €3.4 billion, or $4.2 billion, in cash. The...