06.03.2018
- The EU and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have extended their agreement on recognizing each other’s medicines inspections to include Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic and...
06.03.2018
- Swiss fine chemicals producer and pharmaceutical industry supplier Lonza is expanding one production facility in the US while downsizing another. The company said earlier the...
06.03.2018
- US oil and petrochemicals multinational Exxon Mobil has decided to end its exploration joint ventures with Russia’s Rosneft due to US and international sanctions that have blocked...
05.03.2018
- A strong chemical manufacturing sector is at the heart of every successful economy. In the UK, the sector contributes £18 billion per year to the economy, employs 500,000 people...
05.03.2018
- Kolb Distribution, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), completed the acquisition of Delden-based Elementis Specialties Netherlands (ESN) on Feb. 28, 2018. As of this...
04.03.2018
- MedImmune, the biologics R&D arm of Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca, is spinning out six molecules from its early-stage inflammation and autoimmunity programs into new...
04.03.2018
- As the European Commission moves along with its in-depth review of the proposed Linde-Praxair merger, the two industrial gases giants have kicked off an asset sale in anticipation...
04.03.2018
- The discussion of whether to turn the current EU moratorium on neonicotinoid-based insecticides (neonics) into a permanent ban is expected to be revived before the end of the month...
02.03.2018
- Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) has successfully built its first chlor-alkali electrolysis plant in Germany. Until now, clients and jobsites of the Saxon plant manufacturer have...
02.03.2018
- China’s Dongming Hengchang Petrochemical has selected LyondellBasell’s Spheripol PP technology for a new plant to be built in Heze City, Shandong province. The facility will have a...