01.04.2014
- The U.S. Supreme Court on Mar. 31 agreed to hear an appeal filed by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in a patent fight over top-selling multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. The move...
31.03.2014
- Recovering from the Economic Crisis - The European plastics industry will have to overcome some major challenges in the near future and work hard to maintain its leadership...
31.03.2014
- Tangible Synergies - In an organizational move in January of 2013, BASF created the new Performance Materials division. The new group, which is part of the Functional Materials &...
31.03.2014
- Russian compounder and pipe producer Polyplastic has signed a deal with BASF covering supply and use of additives as well as joint development of products for the automotive...
28.03.2014
- Novasep, a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to life science industries, today announces its unaudited consolidated results for the period ended December 31, 2013...
27.03.2014
- U.S. polyamide producer Invista has broken ground for a new 215,000 t/y hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant and a 150,000 t/y PA 6.6 polymerization plant in China's Shanghai Chemical...
27.03.2014
- Toward its goal of expanding further into printed electronics markets, Solvay has acquired U.S.-based Plextronics. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the Belgian chemical...
26.03.2014
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has given Veresen Inc, a Calgary, Alberta-based energy infrastructure company, approval to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Jordan...
26.03.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has broken ground on a new 50,000 t/y plant for coatings and adhesives precursor hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) at its complex in Shanghai, China. The...
26.03.2014
- AMRI announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals for US$38.2 million in cash. The transaction, including US$2...