03.09.2015
- Since the industrial revolution in Europe the amount of waste in the region has been constantly increasing. This is because its economies have been based on a “take-make-consume...
03.09.2015
- In September 2014, Merck announced the €13.1 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich, which by mid-August has received antitrust clearance from all relevant jurisdictions including...
03.09.2015
- A federal administrative court in Switzerland has upheld the right of the family that controls Swiss construction chemicals producer Sika to sell its stake to France’s Saint-Gobain...
03.09.2015
- AkzoNobel plans to spend more than €1.3 million on a pilot plant for coatings resins to be built at its Performance Coatings site in Felling, UK, and scheduled to go on stream in...
02.09.2015
- On Sept. 1, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) began trading as Covestro. For the present, the new standalone company will remain wholly owned by Bayer, but the parent company’s plans...
02.09.2015
- Chemical producer Evonik has started up new production plants for C4-based products at its Marl Chemical Park in Germany, using new technology that leverages flexible feedstock...
02.09.2015
- (CHEManager International 9/2015) Cost structure The US is a global leader in chemical production, providing over 15% of the world’s chemicals and representing 14% of all US...
01.09.2015
- Perstorp wants your help in identifying and solving a future challenge in this ever-changing world. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of their versatile Capa caprolactone...
01.09.2015
- Research commissioned by the Green Party in Scotland is claimed to show that a transition from fossil fuels to green energy could create 200,000 jobs across the UK’s northernmost...
31.08.2015
- India’s Nuberg Engineering has won a contract worth Rs 1,000 crore (€134 million) to build a chlor-alkali complex for Al Ghaith Industries. The contract is the biggest in Nuberg’s...