07.01.2014
- BASF has won the 2013 Product Line Strategy Leadership Award of Frost & Sullivan for its coatings raw material portfolio. The international consultancy said the Ludwigshafen...
17.12.2013
- The second instance of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court confirmed that Atotech's Stannatech process and equipment were not affected by a competitor's patent. The judgment...
16.12.2013
- Every Player Counts - By now, everyone in the chemical industry is aware of REACH and in the best-case scenarios, every player knows what is expected of them under the law. But it...
16.12.2013
- The EU General Court has overturned on procedural grounds a 2010 decision by the European Commission (EC) authorizing sales of the genetically modified potato Amflora, developed by...
15.12.2013
- Hydrocarbon Building Blocks - Exploitation of shale deposits in the U.S. has risen quickly and will continue to intensify in the coming years as technology and expertise improve...
27.11.2013
- In another communication expressing its growing frustration with the lack of clarity as to the energy policy of the new German federal government still being negotiated, the...
22.11.2013
- Activity in China's vast factory sector grew at a milder pace in November as new export orders shrank, a preliminary survey showed on Thursday, bolstering expectations the economy...
18.11.2013
- EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik has called for a uniform risk management framework for shale gas exploration across member states that would reap the long-term economic...
15.11.2013
- Challenging The West - For most of the 20th century, the global chemical industry was dominated by the Western world (Western Europe, North America and Japan as an honorary member...
14.11.2013
- Speed = Advantage - Abundance of natural gas in the U.S., an aging workforce, increased globalization and tighter regulations have created new competitive pressures on the European...
