24.11.2016
- Saudi Arabian chemicals giant SABIC will start up a new pilot plant for developing next-generation polypropylene (PP) grades by the end of March 2017. The plant is the latest in a...
23.11.2016
- Dutch group Stahl has acquired US flame retardant specialist Eagle Performance Products for an undisclosed sum. The addition of water-based flame retardants opens up endless...
23.11.2016
- Evonik Resource Efficiency, an offshoot of Essen-based chemical producer Evonik, has announced it will expand capacity of its Rohacell brand foam production facility at Darmstadt...
22.11.2016
- US paints, coatings and materials company PPG Industries has purchased the remaining 50% stake in PP Univer, its Italian joint venture with Univer Italiana. Financial terms were...
22.11.2016
- DuPont Industrial Biosciences will supply its Fibrezyme G4 enzymes to Miavit, a German provider of feedstuffs, supplement, minerals and vitamins. Miavit will use the enzymes in...
22.11.2016
- BASF has announced it is selling its Inorganic Specialties business to Cleveland, Ohio, USA-based private equity investor Edgewater Capital Partners. The business includes a...
21.11.2016
- Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS designed, manufactured and supplied a MIPROWA production reactor for Shaoxing Eastlake Biochemical (China) for a production capacity of up to 10,000 t/a...
21.11.2016
- Whether it be a heightened risk of terrorism, the prolonged decline in oil prices, an impending natural disaster, the risks of accidents due to inadequate safety practices, or an...
21.11.2016
- In the last 12 months, developments in China’s chemical industry have been somewhat contradictory, as illustrated by two different company statements made in September. On the one...
21.11.2016
- In the last few years, the US market has been focused more and more again by European companies. This largest single market in the world has been recognized again with a top score...