21.03.2016
- BASF Petronas Chemicals, the joint venture between Germany’s BASF and major Malaysian petrochemicals company Petronas, has broken ground on its highly reactive polyisobutene (HR...
21.03.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer and distributor Omya has opened a new pharmaceutical and nutraceutical laboratory at its headquarters in Oftringen, gaining the capability to...
17.03.2016
- BASF continues to draw down its presence in the European plastics production sector. In the latest move, announced on Mar. 16, the German group said it plans to merge its...
16.03.2016
- China’s Wanhua Chemical Group has successfully started up its new aliphatic diisocyanate (ADI) plant in Yantai Industrial Park. The facility produces isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI)...
16.03.2016
- The UK’s Dechra Pharmaceuticals is boosting its presence in the US animal health market with the proposed acquisition of Putney, a Portland, Maine-based developer of generic...
15.03.2016
- US contract drug development and manufacturing services provider Patheon has signed a toll production agreement with leading biotechnology company Amgen. The US firms are based at...
15.03.2016
- Swiss fine chemical company Dottikon is investing more than 100 million Swiss francs ($101 million) at its site in Aargau to add chemical process development and production...
14.03.2016
- Reverdia has announced that Ad Smolders has joined the company as Operations Director. Reverdia is a joint venture between DSM and Roquette and produces, markets and licenses bio...
14.03.2016
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro is expanding its work on using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock and is developing a new manufacturing process for elastomers. The...
14.03.2016
- Germany’s Biesterfeld Spezialchemie has taken over the Europe-wide distribution of fluoropolymer additives for US manufacturer Laurel Products. The agreement includes the countries...