30.03.2018
- The European chemicals regulation REACh - the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals - not only aims to improve the protection of human health and the...
29.03.2018
- US environmental advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from...
29.03.2018
- Creditors of insolvent Italian plastics producer M&G Group (formerly Mossi & Ghisolfi) have teamed up to buy the mammoth PTA and PET plant the company’s subsidiary M&G Polymers USA...
29.03.2018
- Japan’s Toyobo and its US subsidiary, Toyobo USA, have agreed to pay $66 million to resolve claims that they sold defective fiber used in bullet-proof vests bought by US agencies...
29.03.2018
- SOCAR Turkey Energy, part of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), has chosen technology from French company Axens for an aromatics and PTA project in Aliaga...
29.03.2018
- Environmental group Greenpeace has called out major manufacturers of household products for refusing to disclose where they source their palm oil, despite vows to stop buying from...
29.03.2018
- Several years of market analysis and manifold contacts to bio-based producers have shown that bio-based products achieve GreenPremium prices in many applications. In addition, the...
29.03.2018
- Polyplastics USA, a subsidiary of Japanese-engineering plastics producer Polyplastics, plans to incorporate its US affiliate TOPAS Advanced Polymers (TAP USA) with effect from Apr...
29.03.2018
- Despite a provisional agreement between the European Council and the British government on a 21-month transition phase for the country’s exit from the EU, the German chemical...
28.03.2018
- Styrenics producer Ineos Styrolution is adding its name to the growing list of chemical producers planning to invest in new production facilities on the US Gulf coast. The company...