20.07.2011
- Autocatalysts and precious metals maker Johnson Matthey reported Tuesday a strong growth in its first-quarter profit and sales, benefited principally from higher demand for...
19.07.2011
- A Fragmented Industry - The global specialty chemicals industry has revenues in excess of $550 billion and is quite fragmented with 350 industry sub-segments and considerable...
14.07.2011
- Actega Kelstar and Actega WIT have inaugurated their joint Nafta innovation laboratory. The new facility will not only accommodate Actega Kelstar's R&D and technical service labs...
13.07.2011
- Switzerland-based Carbogen Amcis, a pharmaceutical process development and API manufacturing company, announced that Mark C. Griffiths has been named chief executive officer...
12.07.2011
- Germany's specialty chemical products company Wacker Chemie has sold its silicone-based tire-release-agent business to Rhein Chemie Rheinau for an undisclosed purchase price...
12.07.2011
- Lonza said it will acquire U.S. biocide producer Arch Chemicals for about $1.2 billion. The cash offer is subject to customary conditions including the tendering of more than two...
11.07.2011
- Mitsubishi Chemical will start making adhesive film used in solar cells, challenging Bridgestone and Mitsui Chemicals, who make the key material that determines the life span of...
11.07.2011
- A Japanese nuclear power plant has come under fire for trying to sway the outcome of a public forum on atomic safety, dealing a fresh blow to the industry's credibility four months...
07.07.2011
- German industrial output jumped in May, rising twice as fast as economists predicted thanks mainly to higher production of capital goods along with a downward revision to April's...
07.07.2011
- U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co secured European Union regulatory approval on Thursday to buy Johnson & Johnson's animal health unit Janssen to boost its presence in Europe. The...