30.10.2013
- In The Red Tape - For decades, governments and companies around the world focused almost exclusively on tariffs as the biggest impediment to global trade. Today, tariffs are at a...
24.10.2013
- Better, Or Just Different? - As the world moves away from using phthalates because of their association with human health effects, making sure their replacement alternatives are...
24.10.2013
- Going Green, Going East - Developing more sustainable materials and meeting demand patterns in Asian growth markets are two of today's major challenges for European chemical...
24.10.2013
- Small But Mighty - Highly potent active ingredients (HPAPIs) are remarkably effective at small doses. Therapies including oncology, hormones, narcotics, musculoskeletal treatments...
17.10.2013
- North Dakota's rapidly rising oil output continues to defy the skeptics, who have predicted that production would stop growing as declining output from existing wells offsets extra...
16.10.2013
- Ineos began temporarily shuttering production at its mammoth petrochemicals site in Grangemouth, Scotland on October 15 after walking out of the ongoing mediation process with the...
14.10.2013
- Big Bang Beginning - In its 100-year existence, Swiss fine chemical company Dottikon Exclusive Synthesis (Dottikon) has transformed itself from a company specialized in explosives...
01.10.2013
- Fixing ailing drugmaker AstraZeneca remains a work in progress for Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, with sales and profits still heading firmly downhill after his first year in the...
30.09.2013
- International prices for indium, used in LCD screens, hit two-year highs this month as investors on a Chinese exchange for the metal built up stocks, hoping a growing world economy...
25.09.2013
- Cheap, Clean And Controversial - Shale gas has the potential to turn the world's energy industry on its head. It's abundant. It's cheap. It burns cleaner than other fossil fuels...
