10.02.2015
- DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions and Zhonghao Chenguang Chemical Research Institute (Chenguang), a subsidiary of China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), have formed a 50:50...
09.02.2015
- Dishman Group, leading outsourcing partner for the global pharmaceutical industry, has announced the successful completion of an inspection by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
09.02.2015
- BASF plans to "significantly increase" production capacities for bismuth vanadate pigments at Besigheim, Germany, near Stuttgart, from 2017. The German chemical giant markets the...
06.02.2015
- Pfizer Set to Acquire Hospira for $15 Billion In its first major deal since the collapse of its effort to buy AstraZeneca last year, US drugmaker Pfizer has announced that it will...
05.02.2015
- Axalta Coating Systems Chairman and CEO, Charlie Shaver, presented insights into the strategic implications of private equity in the coatings industry value chain at a meeting of...
05.02.2015
- Business is looking up for the European plastics industry, says the trade association PlasticsEurope. In 2014, the association said plastics production continued to recover from...
05.02.2015
- DSM is investing an undisclosed "substantial" sum to upgrade its production facilities for waterborne resins for inks and coatings at Wilmington, Massachusetts in the US. The Dutch...
04.02.2015
- US styrenics, latex and rubber producer Styron has now officially changed its name to Trinseo. The company had previously changed the name of some of its legal entities. The former...
04.02.2015
- Air Liquide has agreed to invest €60m to fund a new state-of-the-art 1,400 t/d air separation unit set to start up in 2016 at the Port Pirie, Australia, production site of Nyrstar...
04.02.2015
- US chemical producer Eastman has begun mandatory consultations with its UK trade unions about a plan to close its 30,000 t/y acetate tow plant at Workington. The group based at...