23.07.2019
- Canada’s Methanex has agreed to go ahead with its Geismar 3 methanol project on its own. The board of directors gave a unanimous final investment decision on the 1.8 million t/y...
18.07.2019
- The Rise of e-Commerce The chemical sector is a laggard in the adoption of digital solutions at the customer interface. Buying and selling chemicals feels more complex than it...
16.07.2019
- The 34th and, so far, biggest edition of Chemspec Europe attracted a total of 4,295 trade visitors from 53 countries to the exhibition grounds of Messe Basel, Switzerland. During...
08.07.2019
- “Making a world of difference together” is the theme under which SABIC will be addressing global trends by inspiring processes for using bio-renewable and recycled feedstock and...
08.07.2019
- Dutch specialty chemicals distributor Barentz, through its subsidiary Tovani Benzaquen Ingredients, has acquired Brazilian company Chemspecs for an undisclosed sum. Barentz said...
04.07.2019
- Gelest, a US manufacturer of silicones, organosilanes and metal-organics, has purchased Bimax, a producer of specialty monomers and polymers used to make contact and intraocular...
21.06.2019
- GlaxoSmithKline has entered a five-year collaboration with the University of California (UC) to establish a laboratory for CRISPR technologies, the Laboratory for Genomics Research...
13.06.2019
- US-based biotech Genomatica has acquired certain assets from REG Life Sciences (REG LS), a division of leading biofuels supplier Renewable Energy Group, boosting its ability to...
29.05.2019
- In its second deal of 2019, Swiss distributor and market services group DKSH has acquired Dols International, a privately owned Dutch distributor of specialty chemicals and...
27.05.2019
- The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has unanimously voted to add perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) to the list of substances to be eliminated under the 2004...
