22.02.2013
- German Industriepark Höchst has reached another milestone. On January 31, 1863, exactly 150 years ago, "Theerfarbenfabrik Meister, Lucius & Co.", the predecessor of Farbwerke...
22.02.2013
- When new company chieftains say they want to be a catalyst for change, many listeners brush it off as a tired cliché. Patrick Thomas is proof that it needn't be. Stepping into his...
22.02.2013
- The pharmaceutical industry in Europe is facing major changes. The rise of emerging markets and increasing price pressure in established markets are only two of the global...
22.02.2013
- Imperial Oil has named Exxon Mobil executive Rich Kruger to replace Bruce March as CEO of Canada's No. 2 oil producer and refiner as it readies to start up its C$12.9 billion ($12...
21.02.2013
- Europe's hard-pressed refining industry faces more closures as its competition in the United States enjoys the double bonus of growing domestic shale oil supply and cheaper...
20.02.2013
- The National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH CRM) has awarded Lonza Walkersville a contract to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for...
19.02.2013
- Cerbios-Pharma has announced that the construction phase for its new biotechnology plant in Barbengo (Switzerland) is almost concluded. The "state-of-the-art" biologics plant is...
19.02.2013
- Top oil trader Vitol is increasingly dominant in European oil markets, taking a stranglehold on Urals crude to the Mediterranean and the naphtha and gas oil markets that rival...
18.02.2013
- With its takeover of ICH Benelux, Krahn Chemie is significantly expanding its market position in the distribution of speciality chemicals. ICH Benelux was established in 1979 with...
18.02.2013
- Russia's top crude producer Rosneft said its chief executive had started talks in China over the possibility of increasing oil supplies to the world's largest energy consumer. The...
