18.03.2010
- World No. 2 industrial gases group Linde said cost cuts would boost earnings across the group this year and profit at its gases business would hit a fresh high, although the...
17.03.2010
- Germany's Linde, the world's number two industrial gases producer, forecast higher sales and earnings this year, helped by cost cuts and improving demand. "The measures we have...
15.03.2010
- Flexible Alternative - The search for the ideal packaging solution is a traditional feature of industrial activity. Schütz from Selters, Germany, has always adapted its product...
15.03.2010
- Hot Topic - Flame retardants are nowadays rarely out of the news. The European Parliament is currently discussing their future in electronic equipment, and brand name companies...
15.03.2010
- Litmus Test - One of the first big items on the agenda of the new European Parliament Environment Committee is the revision of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive...
15.03.2010
- ABB has won a $30 million order from GA Solar, part of the Gestamp Corporation, to deliver a 13 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in northern Spain. Once connected to the...
12.03.2010
- Bayer Materialscience LLC, a subsidiary of Bayer and part of the global Bayer Materialscience business, has acquired Artificial Muscle, Inc. (AMI) of Sunnyvale, California. AMI is...
11.03.2010
- Ratiopharm owner Ludwig Merckle has turned down offers for drugs distributor Phoenix, as he struggles to retain control over his late father's diminished business empire, sources...
10.03.2010
- Specialty chemicals group Lanxess said it will expand the global capacity of its high-performance rubber Nd-BR (neodymium butadiene rubber). The €20 million investment will...
10.03.2010
- Evolution - Today more than ever before, the pharmaceutical industry can rely on solid fundamentals for growth. A steadily growing and aging world population is expanding the...
