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...
12.09.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has announced plans to add a 3,500 t/y production train to its Desmopan thermoplastic elastomers (TPU) plant at Cuddalore in India'sTamil Nadu state...
11.09.2014
- Danish holding company Auriga Industries is selling its crop protection unit Cheminova to US diversified chemical producer FMC for $1.8 billion. The holding had announced in July...
11.09.2014
- Air Liquide inaugurated its first hydrogen filling station for fuel cell vehicles in the Netherlands at the beginning of September in Rotterdam. The French industrial gases...
09.09.2014
- Mercachem, a privately owned European contract research organization, plans to acquire Synthon's Prague-based laboratory and pilot scale operations for manufacturing active...
09.09.2014
- Under a recently signed agreement, Belgian specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has begun distributing Myriant's bio-succinic acid in the Nordic countries, Benelux, France...
05.09.2014
- Catalent Pharma Solutions is installing new automated prefilled syringe clinical packaging lines at its Clinical Supply Center of Excellence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, to...
