08.12.2011
- Discussion On Sustainability - Biomass is booming. It is one of the most important sources of renewable energy and will play an important role in tomorrow's energy supply as an...
08.12.2011
- Megadeals - What trends are influencing deals in the chemical industry? There are several, according to the latest edition of PricewaterhouseCooper's (PwC)Chemical Compounds report...
08.12.2011
- Groundbreaking Project - When planning a new chemical plant, the engineers at Chemplast Sanmar had to consider many aspects such as safety, quality, efficiency, law and the...
06.12.2011
- Changing World - With its bounty of oil reserves, Saudi Arabia has established itself as a major player in the worldwide petrochemicals market. The country's largest public company...
06.12.2011
- AkzoNobel has completed its acquisition of the coatings business of Korean SSCP. SSCP has a strong position in the Korean mobile phone market and also supplies coatings to the...
06.12.2011
- Struggling solar manufacturers will likely be driven into mergers with rivals to survive a sector squeeze, a trend that could draw major Asian conglomerates deeper into the...
a1- envirosciences AG - Bereich a1-safetech - Safetech is a business unit of the A1-Envirosciences Group specialized in the design and production of containment equipment for the health industries. Safetech provides the...
28.11.2011
- Arkema is offloading its loss-making vinyl division to Switzerland's Klesch Group, as it refocuses on products that are less sensitive to volatility in raw material prices and the...
23.11.2011
- Sibur, Eastern Europe and Russia's largest petrochemical company, is feeling the pinch from a sharp decline in global prices for its synthetic rubber and polymers, brought about by...
23.11.2011
- Many controversies surround hydraulic fracturing of underground shale deposits in the quest for oil and gas, but a small Canadian oilfield services company has pioneered a way...