22.07.2014
- Dutch chemical producer DSM is evaluating possible production sites for a new plant in North America to produce its "Akulon" polyamide 6 polymer for film applications in flexible...
22.07.2014
- The Government has given a £230 million loan guarantee to secure the future of Grangemouth in a move that is being seen as highly political, as well as economic, just two months...
22.07.2014
- Dow Corning has ramped up production capacity for hexachlorodisilane (HCDS). HCDS is a high-purity precursor that is critical for a multitude of advanced, thin-film deposition...
21.07.2014
- The German chemical industry has come out squarely in favor of the controversial US-European trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).While many across...
21.07.2014
- BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for mobile emissions catalysts in Sroda Slaska, a Special Economic Zone near Wroclaw, Poland. The facility, the German group's largest...
21.07.2014
- Jens Oldendorf joins WeylChem International on August 1 as global director sales and marketing Advanced Intermediates and Reagents (AI&R). He holds degrees in business, economics...
18.07.2014
- US chemical producer Celanese plans to expand manufacturing capability at its Suzano, Brazil, site by 2015 to include Celstran long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFRT). At the...
18.07.2014
- Denmark has, at least temporarily, abandoned plans proposed two years ago to restrict the use of phthalates in plasticisers beyond the rules already stipulated by the EU's REACH...
17.07.2014
- A survey conducted by the US Center for Effective Government in cooperation with the Coming Clean Collaborative in the wake of the deadly explosion of the West fertilizer storage...
17.07.2014
- Germany's Evonik and its Chinese partner, Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, have signed a letter of...