30.03.2018
- With a market value of $62 billion in 2016, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) industry has a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6-7 %, according to...
30.03.2018
- Since late 2016, the Chinese government has conducted a series of environmental inspections of production companies. These inspections have typically led to short-term closures of...
30.03.2018
- The challenges of sustainability are among the most complex and daunting ever faced by society. Green chemistry needs to be increasingly engaged in facing these challenges by...
30.03.2018
- Biotechnology encompasses a broad range of technologies that employ living organisms or parts of them to make diverse products. For example, drugs and therapeutics, nutritional...
30.03.2018
- In both the specialty and chemicals segments, companies can spur growth by yield optimization, capacity expansions with longer-term focus and new business models along the entire...
30.03.2018
- The European chemicals regulation REACh - the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals - not only aims to improve the protection of human health and the...
29.03.2018
- Japan’s Toyobo and its US subsidiary, Toyobo USA, have agreed to pay $66 million to resolve claims that they sold defective fiber used in bullet-proof vests bought by US agencies...
29.03.2018
- Environmental group Greenpeace has called out major manufacturers of household products for refusing to disclose where they source their palm oil, despite vows to stop buying from...
29.03.2018
- Several years of market analysis and manifold contacts to bio-based producers have shown that bio-based products achieve GreenPremium prices in many applications. In addition, the...
29.03.2018
- Polyplastics USA, a subsidiary of Japanese-engineering plastics producer Polyplastics, plans to incorporate its US affiliate TOPAS Advanced Polymers (TAP USA) with effect from Apr...