13.01.2012
- The pharmaceutical supply chain is increasingly globalized. It is estimated that 80% of the active ingredients used in generic medicines marketed in the U.S. are manufactured in...
10.01.2012
- Linde is acquiring the European homecare business of U.S. rival Air Products and Products in a $750 million deal that will thrust the German industrial gases maker into No.2...
01.01.2012
- Petronas is in talks with several global oil majors including Shell and Exxon Mobil to develop petrochemical plants within its $20 billion refinery complex in southern Malaysia...
01.01.2012
- PetroChina and Sinopec have signed an agreement with the Zhejiang government on six petrochemical projects worth 139.1 billion yuan ($22 billion), the official China Securities...
22.12.2011
- The European Union on Tuesday strengthened export controls on drugs that can be used to administer the death penalty, putting a further squeeze on a supply shortage that has slowed...
- These are uncertain times. With Europe's leaders in a desperate race against time to prevent the sovereign debt crisis spreading across the continent and the global economy, rarely...
14.12.2011
- Air Products announced that INOX Air Products Ltd., its joint venture in India, will invest over $50 million to construct two new air separation units (ASU) for the growing...
13.12.2011
- Dr. Günter von Au, CEO of Süd-Chemie, Munich/Germany, and Peter Bahnsuk Kim, Vice Chairman and CEO of LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul/Korea, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to...
09.12.2011
- Chinese Overview - Throughout the year 2011, we covered several aspects of the chemical industry in China, ranging from R&D cooperation to strategy development and the tendency of...
09.12.2011
- Nature's Building Block - It looks like that the time of cheap oil is over. The challenge of this century will be the exploitation of alternative resources to secure growth and...