15.08.2014
- BASF Venture Capital has invested €1 million in the technology company SmartKem, based in St. Asaph, Wales. The total investment of the financing round was €3 million. Further...
15.08.2014
- Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding its Gastonia, North Carolina, compounding facility for high-tech plastics by adding a second production line. The expansion...
13.08.2014
- Sanofi and MannKind Corporation have entered into a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement for development and commercialization of Afrezza (insulin human) Inhalation Powder, a...
13.08.2014
- Clariant announced plans to build a new masterbatches plant in greater Sydney Area, Australia. The Basel, Switzerland based company said the new plant will mainly serve the...
12.08.2014
- To meet growing customer demand, Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a unit of US specialty chemicals producer Ashland, plans to significantly expand production capacity of its...
12.08.2014
- Codexis, a developer of biocatalysts for the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries headquartered in Redwood City, Calif./USA, has signed a platform technology license...
11.08.2014
- Subject to approval by all relevant authorities, Borealis will acquire full ownership of Speciality Polymers Antwerp. The polymer producer based at Zwijdrecht, Belgium, near...
08.08.2014
- Carbogen Amcis, Swiss-based pharmaceutical process development and active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer, has announced plans to take over operations of a high...
- In view of the increasing diversification of sources of natural gas supply, consumers are increasingly being supplied natural gas with varying gas properties and thus with...
07.08.2014
- CEO Matthias Zachert, who took over from Axel Heitmann as CEO of German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess on April 1, is wasting no time in realigning operations and portfolio...