06.05.2014
- Beyond This Year's Growth - Major chemical markets are heading for further improvement this year, according to the latest global business update from the German chemical industry...
05.05.2014
- Volatility Calls For Flexibility - Supply-chain management (SCM) requirements have changed significantly over the past few years. The buzzword when managing global supply chains is...
05.05.2014
- Robust Expansion - From 2008 through 2013, the worldwide chemical distribution market grew approximately 6.5% per year (corrected for exchange rate effects) to roughly €168 billion...
25.04.2014
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is in the process of restarting its 150,000 t/y butyl rubber plant at Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, Belgium, after a nine-week strike that...
25.04.2014
- Quaker Chemical and Den Hartogh Liquid Logistics signed a three-year contract, renewing their cooperation that originated in 2011. The agreement allows for bulk liquid...
22.04.2014
- Chevron Belgium and VLS-Group announced a new contract that will include tank storage, blending and filling for three years, to be performed in the VLS-Group terminal located in...
17.04.2014
- The ongoing strike at the Lanxess 150,000 t/y butyl rubber plant at Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, will have a negative impact on the industry, the company's partners and clients if...
16.04.2014
- Pacific Coast Terminals (PCT) and K+S Potash Canada have signed an exclusive, long-term contract for the handling and storage of potash products from the latter company's Legacy...
02.04.2014
- Soaring Costs - For a rising number of chemical companies, an increasingly profitable market is the sale of chemicals to aid the extraction of oil and gas from deep and...
31.03.2014
- Bayer HealthCare plans to spend around €100 million to "significantly increase" capacity of its Beijing, China pharmaceutical packaging facilities, the Leverkusen-based group said...
