07.11.2014
- Momentive Specialty Chemicals has announced plans to build two new world-scale formaldehyde plants with total capacity for more than 400,000 t/y at its Geismar and Luling...
06.11.2014
- AkzoNobel has started up its new powder coatings plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Without giving detail, the Dutch group said the facility will "significantly increase...
06.11.2014
- After seeing weakness in the second quarter of this year, business of the German chemical industry picked up some momentum in the third quarter, with production up 0.5% and sales...
05.11.2014
- DSM Engineering Plastics has decided on Augusta, Georgia, USA, as the site of its new North American plant for polyamide 6 sold under the Akulon trademark. The new facility...
04.11.2014
- If the US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, goes ahead with plans to dredge mercury-containing sediment from the contaminated Pompton Lake in the state of New Jersey, chemical...
04.11.2014
- A realignment scheme initiated by new Lanxess CEO Matthias Zachert last spring could see the chemical producer's 16,900-strong workforce cut by 7%, a German newspaper has reported...
03.11.2014
- As Chemtura moves toward closing the sale of its AgroSolutions business to U.S.-based Platform Specialty Chemicals for around $1 billion, its board has approved a share buyback...
31.10.2014
- US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb and Swiss fine and specialty chemicals specialist Lonza have announced a multi-year expansion of their existing biologics manufacturing agreement...
30.10.2014
- Reports from France suggest that an extensive string of differences over strategy led the board of French drugmaker Sanofi to dismiss its chief executive Christopher Viehbacher on...
29.10.2014
- Cunesoft GmbH, a cloud software provider for regulatory document and submission management, specialized in the pharmaceutical industry, announced hat it successfully closed an...