06.05.2014
- Beyond This Year's Growth - Major chemical markets are heading for further improvement this year, according to the latest global business update from the German chemical industry...
05.05.2014
- Volatility Calls For Flexibility - Supply-chain management (SCM) requirements have changed significantly over the past few years. The buzzword when managing global supply chains is...
05.05.2014
- Robust Expansion - From 2008 through 2013, the worldwide chemical distribution market grew approximately 6.5% per year (corrected for exchange rate effects) to roughly €168 billion...
05.05.2014
- Italy is spearheading international efforts to catch a criminal ring that is stealing and recycling sophisticated drugs and reselling them for tens of millions of euros, the...
30.04.2014
- German gases and engineering group Linde and Finnish refiner Neste Oil have agreed on a long-term on-site hydrogen supply contract. This calls for Linde to build a new hydrogen...
Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) has been awarded a contract by Donau Chemie, Vienna Austria, to expand the existing membrane electrolysis plant at the production site in...
28.04.2014
- Citing an independent report, exploration company Egdon Resources now estimates that its UK shale gas licences hold around 18 trillion cubic feet of gas, enough to supply Britain...
25.04.2014
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is in the process of restarting its 150,000 t/y butyl rubber plant at Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, Belgium, after a nine-week strike that...
25.04.2014
- Amid discussions of Europe importing shale-gas derived feedstocks to reduce dependence on Russian gas, U.S.-based Enterprise Products Partners has announced plans to build a fully...
25.04.2014
- Quaker Chemical and Den Hartogh Liquid Logistics signed a three-year contract, renewing their cooperation that originated in 2011. The agreement allows for bulk liquid...