11.06.2019
- Royal Dutch Shell said it will invest in its chemicals business between $3 billion and $4 billion every year through the next decade as it aims to expand into selected base...
11.06.2019
- German engineering plastics manufacturer Covestro has appointed Sucheta Govil to the position of chief commercial officer (CCO) on its management board. On Aug. 1, the 55-year-old...
07.06.2019
- Russian petrochemicals and plastics giant Sibur has signed several agreements with Chinese state-owned conglomerate Sinopec. One deal relates to Sinopec’s potential participation...
07.06.2019
- Bayer is already facing more than US 13,000 lawsuit contending that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Now – as had been widely speculated over the past few weeks – it has...
07.06.2019
- Despite a “challenging” global economy, output of the US chemical industry will continue to grow this year, the industry association American Chemistry Council (ACC) forecasts in...
06.06.2019
- Dutch specialty chemicals company Nouryon has announced a new organizational model as part of its strategy to accelerate growth and drive performance improvement. The new model...
06.06.2019
- Bertrand Conquéret (Henkel) has been elected as new president of Together for Sustainability (TfS), taking over from Rüdiger Eberhard (Evonik), who led the initiative for the last...
06.06.2019
- Sterling Pharma Solutions, a UK-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that its pilot plant expansion at Cramlington is now operational...
06.06.2019
- The heads of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Turkish conglomerate Tekfen Holding have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a urea plant in...
06.06.2019
- On the back of growing criticism of the perceived inadequacy of REACh compliance, European chemical producers have stressed they are working to help rectify the situation. The...