09.09.2013
- After the rapid slide in India's rupee this year, the message from the country's corporate titans to the government is clear: shape up and fix the problems or more companies will...
09.09.2013
- BASF Plant Science has opened its new $33 million research facility expansion at Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina, U.S.A. Along with office space, the enlarged...
09.09.2013
- The Next Level - Over the past 20 years, multinational companies have made considerable inroads into the Indian market, but many have failed to realize their potential: Some have...
03.09.2013
- In recent years, chemical players have managed their businesses with little clear direction in the light of continuing volatile markets. They aimed to address the key strategic...
03.09.2013
- French petrochemicals group Total is said to be close to announcing a shutdown of its loss-making steam cracker at Carling, in northeastern France. The cracker's viability is no...
26.08.2013
- Shale Gas is Rolling in U.S. - Although shale gas extraction has been known and performed to a limited extent for decades in the U.S., exploitation has become competitive only in...
21.08.2013
- Technologies for producing synthetic diesel from waste have failed to step up to rapidly rising U.S. biofuel targets, leaving the long-term future of those targets further in doubt...
15.08.2013
- Russian drugmaker Pharmstandard has agreed to buy a supplier of ingredients for its flagship anti-viral and anxiety drugs for $590 million, as part of a plan to spin off its over...
06.08.2013
- Technology - Companies developing and producing chemicals for the large battery market are remaining bullish about its prospects despite its spectacular failure so far to live up...
06.08.2013
- Focus -The role and perception of operational excellence (OPEX) within the pharmaceutical industry has changed significantly over the last decade. Concepts that are applied in...
