17.09.2018
- Saudi petrochemicals and plastics giant SABIC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China's Fujian provincial government to build a petrochemical complex. SABIC said the...
17.09.2018
- In an unusual strategic use of human resources, European drugmakers Bayer and Sanofi are “swapping” pharmaceutical executives across continents. In one case, it is a return...
17.09.2018
- Cologne-based specialty chemicals producer Lanxess has commissioned a new line for synthesis of its Additin brand dimercaptothiadiazole (DMTD) derivatives at its plant in Mannheim...
14.09.2018
- Ineos Oxide has announced plans to invest €200 million at its European plants. The bulk of the money, €150 million, will go to upgrade ethylene oxide (EO) production at its...
14.09.2018
- Invista has announced plans to add 40,000 t/y of PA 6.6 polymerization capacity at its plant in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). The Chinese investment will lift output at...
14.09.2018
- Following the completion of its $64 billion takeover of Shire, Japanese drugmaker Takeda has announced plans to restructure its US operations. In a first move, it will close its...
13.09.2018
- Ossianix, a privately held US pharmaceutical research firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has entered a research collaboration and option agreement with Danish drugmaker Novo...
13.09.2018
- US industrial gases producer Air Products is planning to build a new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas, site to meet increasing demand from “several customer markets.”...
13.09.2018
- Selas-Linde, part of the engineering division of Germany’s Linde, has been awarded the contract to build a new ethylene furnace for the Ineos cracker at Grangemouth, Scotland...
12.09.2018
- From 23 to 26 September 2018 VCCN, the Dutch contamination control society, hosts the International Symposium on Contamination Control and Cleanroom Technology in the Hague. ISCC...