28.06.2013
- In an overview of its recently realigned plastics activities ahead of the K 2013 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, in October, BASF said that by bundling all specialty polymers in...
28.06.2013
- Trial production of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) at the Hamm-Uentrop, Germany, plant of specialty chemicals producer Lanxess, using bio-based 1.4 butanediol (BDO) made...
28.06.2013
- Opinion - Shale has revolutionized oil and gas supply and the global political balance in less than five years, transforming the narrative from one about "peak energy" into a story...
27.06.2013
- Michel Spagnol has been appointed president and CEO of Novasep; he succeeds Patrick Glaser. Spagnol was most recently president and chief technology officer of Shasun; previously...
26.06.2013
- Japanese drugmaker Eisai is to stop selling its new epilepsy therapy Fycompa in Germany - the biggest market for the product - following a row over the price it can charge for the...
25.06.2013
- Myriant has started up its flagship bio-succinic acid plant at Lake Providence, Louisiana, in the U.S. The company said the unit with nameplate capacity of 30 million lbs (13.6 t/y...
25.06.2013
- The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) decision to release detailed data on drugs once a medicine is approved could discourage critical investment in crisis-hit Europe, Sanofi's...
25.06.2013
- U.S. industrial gases producer Praxair has acquired Russia's Volgograd Oxygen Factory (VOF), a leading regional producer and distributor of industrial gases, for an undisclosed sum...
25.06.2013
- The Lion City - The Merlion - a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish - is regarded as the Singapore icon ("Singapura" means "lion city" in Sanskrit). As...
24.06.2013
- U.S. industrial gases producer Praxair is building its second air separation plant and extending its pipeline system in the Port of Antwerp, the world's second largest chemical...