12.02.2018
- Troubled Israeli generics giant Teva Pharmaceuticals is making "strong progress" on its turnaround plan, despite an even higher loss – approaching $12 billion – in the 2017 fourth...
09.02.2018
- BASF said it will start construction of its proposed new MDI plant in Geismar, Louisiana, USA, in the early part of this year’s second quarter. Planning and engineering for the...
09.02.2018
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is keen to explore petrochemicals, energy and technology partnerships with China, in particular to learn how energy input from the oil-rich...
08.02.2018
- Complementing a major expansion project for bio-based polyamide 11, French chemical producer Arkema is widening its worldwide PA 12 production capacity in reaction to strong demand...
08.02.2018
- ExxonMobil’s new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker at Baytown, Texas, USA, is mechanically complete, and start-up is now expected during the second quarter of this year, the US...
07.02.2018
- Swiss contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Celonic has completed the acquisition of Glycotope’s bio-manufacturing facility in Heidelberg, Germany. Berlin...
07.02.2018
- Following the European Commission’s late-January extension of its lengthened probe into the planned Bayer-Monsanto merger, the German group said on Feb. 5 it had offered additional...
06.02.2018
- Vertellus, a global specialty chemical provider, has relocated its Mumbai, India, office to a larger commercial space within the city. The inauguration ceremony for the new site...
06.02.2018
- Clariant’s catalysts business has formed a strategic alliance with Shanghai Huaxi Chemical Industry Science & Technology Co. for hydrogen projects in China. Under the agreement...
05.02.2018
- Against the backdrop of synchronous global growth, American chemistry output held its own in 2017 despite hurricane disruptions. For the first time in a decade, the world’s major...