07.03.2017
- In the final instance, DSM Dyneema has won a protracted patent challenge against publicly held FMS Enterprises Migun of Tel Aviv. The firm had attempted to block the Dutch...
06.03.2017
- Cascades Sonoco, a manufacturer of coating and laminating technologies for the paper industry, will invest approximately $16 million to expand its facility in Birmingham, Alabama...
06.03.2017
- Major US chemicals distributor Nexeo Solutions has agreed with K.D. Feddersen – a German-based engineering thermoplastics distributor – to acquire inventory and service customers...
03.03.2017
- As US President Donald Trump appears ready to start renegotiating NAFTA – a treaty he has described as a “catastrophe” for the country – industry associations from the US, Canada...
02.03.2017
- Kem One, a former subsidiary of French chemicals group Arkema, is to form a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) joint venture with Chemplast Sanmar, boosting its footprint in the fast-growing...
02.03.2017
- US food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has signed an agreement to license bio-based glucaric acid technology from the UK’s Johnson Matthey and US bio-based...
28.02.2017
- In what was called a vote of confidence for a post-Brexit Britain, Dutch chemicals and coatings group AkzoNobel said it plans to spend €12.6 million on a new research and...
28.02.2017
- French drugmaker Sanofi and Swiss fine chemicals producer and toll manufacturing specialist Lonza plan to jointly invest in a new €270 million large-scale mammalian cell culture...
27.02.2017
- US energy group Enterprise Products Operating has selected Honeywell UOP’s C4 Oleflex technology for a new isobutylene plant to be built in Mont Belvieu, Texas, USA. The Illinois...
24.02.2017
- European industry is turning up the heat on the EU’s institutions to finally come up with a plan to help manufacturers become more competitive. In a joint paper, called the “Joint...