- The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing) was a four year project coordinated by CNRS, France. Launched on March...
30.06.2014
- German chemical producer Evonik has expanded capacity for its Vestamid PA 12 at Marl by 5,000 t/y and at the same time begun preparations for increasing output of its PA powder...
30.06.2014
- Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...
26.06.2014
- On January 1, 2014 Umicore Precious Metals Chemistry USA opened and began production at the new state-of-the art production plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Product supply began in Tulsa...
26.06.2014
- American Chemistry Council (ACC) Chief Economist Dr. Kevin Swift and ACC Senior Director Martha Moore presented the results of the "Mid-Year 2014 Chemical Industry Situation &...
- Provepharm, a French company specialized in the development of pharmaceutical applications, and Dr Franz Kohler Chemie (DFKC), a German leader in the manufacture and supply of...
20.06.2014
- A former chief executive and regional sales director of US-listed chemicals group Innospec have been convicted of bribing Indonesian officials to boost sales of toxic fuel...
20.06.2014
- After receiving all regulatory approvals, ExxonMobil Chemical has begun construction of its new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker project and related plastics facilities in Baytown...
19.06.2014
- Borealis Chimie, French subsidiary of the Vienna-based petrochemicals and fertilizer producer, has divested its share in the 320,000 t/y urea plant at Le Havre and related ammonia...
18.06.2014
- Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings and Mitsui plan to form a joint venture to produce methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the US from shale gas-derived feedstocks, Japanese reports say. In a...