20.01.2017
- Among the “firsts” launched at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, were – unusually – two projects in which the global chemicals-related industry got its day in...
19.01.2017
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences company Merck KGaA has opened a new plant in Mollet des Vallès, Spain dedicated solely to the manufacture of meglumine, an FDA...
19.01.2017
- Azelis Americas has acquired Ross Organic, a specialty chemicals distributor located in Santa Fe, California, USA. Financial details were not disclosed. The move, said Azelis...
18.01.2017
- As part of an ongoing strategy to expand its product portfolio and invest in high-growth markets, Swiss flavors and fragrances company Givaudan has added local firm Activ...
18.01.2017
- Joining other industry associations in the Alliance for a Competitive European Industry (ACEI). the European Chemical Industry Council, CEFIC, has urged the European Parliament to...
18.01.2017
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said on Jan. 17 it hoped to restart its fire-impacted Takreer refinery at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates before the end of...
17.01.2017
- US-based RPM International has kicked off 2017 with a buying spree. The Medina, Ohio-headquartered firm has acquired three businesses in the early days of January, the first of...
17.01.2017
- Gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS) instruments are useless without reference spectra databases. Without reliable reference spectra to search against, the identity of...
17.01.2017
- For the first time in 40 years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to evaluate existing chemicals sold on the US market that may pose risks to human health...
17.01.2017
- Finland’s Kemira is investing a multi-million euro sum to expand capacity for its alkyl succinic anhydride (ASA) sizing agents in Nanjing, China. The additional production is...