28.01.2014
- Codexis announced the appointment of Greg Hughes, Ph.D., as Vice President, Strategic Alliance & Product Development, effective from October 28, 2013. Dr. Hughes spent the last 11...
27.01.2014
- German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA has extended the takeover offer for AZ Electronics after acceptance of its £1.6 billion (about €200 million) cash bid fell...
27.01.2014
- Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories faces long delays and high costs in launching big-selling generic drugs in the U.S. after products from a fourth plant were banned due to...
27.01.2014
- Arkema and China's leading acrylic acid producer Jurong Chemical have formed a joint venture, Sunke, in which Arkema will have the undisclosed majority stake. The new company will...
27.01.2014
- In a surprise move late on Jan. 26, German chemicals, plastics and rubber producer Lanxess announced the resignation of Axel Heitmann, its chief executive since the company's split...
24.01.2014
- BASF will cut a total of 250 jobs in moves to improve the efficiency of its Performance Chemicals segment by the end of 2015. As part of plans to adjust production to demand in its...
23.01.2014
- In a not widely noticed scientific opinion delivered just before Christmas, EFSA said two neonicotinoid insecticides, acetamiprid and imidacloprid may affect the development of the...
22.01.2014
- Stevie Deans, the former convenor for the trade union Unite at the Ineos petrochemicals site in Grangemouth, Scotland, who was at the center of the cliff-hanging industrial dispute...
21.01.2014
- BASF is in the process of starting up a new 6,000 t/y plant for the high performance thermoplastics polyarylsulfone at its site in Yeosu, Korea, to supply markets in Asia-Pacific...
17.01.2014
- In a transaction due to close in the next few months, Darmstadt, Germany-based pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck KGaA has agreed to sell its DDS bioanalytics division to...