14.04.2011
- Outside Influences - The decision for process change in chemical manufacturing can have many different reasons, but in any case, they are based on the observation that that the...
14.04.2011
- Tony Scott credits Hovione CEO Guy Villax with coining the phrase, "saints and sinners" when referring to the notoriously uneven playing field in the world of API and excipient...
14.04.2011
- Stiff Competition - When looking at China, the competition between domestic companies and multinationals has so far largely been one between cost and customer relationship...
14.04.2011
- Japanese engineers are struggling to gain control of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, which was seriously damaged by the March 11...
13.04.2011
- Clear Vision - Bayer Technology Services (BTS) supports the Bayer subgroups and external customers with the development of production processes and products as well as with the...
13.04.2011
- As anyone who has ever tried to shout at a player during a soccer game surely knows, it's almost impossible to for a relatively small voice to be heard in the middle of a crowd -...
13.04.2011
- Styron, a global materials company spun out from Dow Chemicals in June 2010, has announced plans to change its company name to Trinseo. The name change will be fully effective in...
12.04.2011
- Royal Dutch Shell said it would import products from around the region to replace output from its Clyde refinery in Australia, which it plans to convert into a fuel terminal in...
12.04.2011
- U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co has formed a joint venture with India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to develop and manufacture branded generic drugs for emerging markets, the two...
11.04.2011
- Akzo Nobel is enlarging capacity in Sweden for its Expancel to meet global demand. AkzoNobel's Expancel product line is continuing to evolve new applications in markets such as...