21.07.2014
- The German chemical industry has come out squarely in favor of the controversial US-European trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).While many across...
18.07.2014
- US chemical producer Celanese plans to expand manufacturing capability at its Suzano, Brazil, site by 2015 to include Celstran long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT). At the...
16.07.2014
- In a deal aimed at tapping fast-growing demand for lithium products such as batteries, US fine chemical producer Albemarle, headquartered at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has announced...
14.07.2014
- Manufacturers and users of helium are expressing concern about the impending closure of a vast aquifer of the noble gas near Amarillo, Texas. For around 50 years, the Amarillo site...
14.07.2014
- US-based Cytec Industries has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with German manufacturer of acrylic fibers Dralon to explore and develop large-tow industrial grade carbon...
10.07.2014
- Centroflora CMS (C2 Pharma), a specialist in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), has acquired manufacturing assets for a group of phytochemical APIs from German drugmaker...
09.07.2014
- Supply chain management (SCM) requirements have changed significantly over the past few years. The buzzword nowadays when managing global supply chains is adaptation to increasing...
09.07.2014
- Archer Daniels Midland Company is acquiring Wild Flavors, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. In an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €2.3 billion enterprise value, ADM...
07.07.2014
- March 2014 saw KSB AG, Frankenthal, Germany, win a contract to supply 189 process pumps for the new Nghi Son refinery in Vietnam. The location is situated around 200 kilometres...
04.07.2014
- Oxea has declared force majeure for n/i butanol n/i butyl acetate-propanol and n-propyl acetate produced at its Bay City, Texas site. The company cites a "malfunction in the...
