19.05.2011
- U.S. solar equipment maker GT Solar International received a $228 million order from South Korea's OCI, sending its shares up as much as 9% to a more than 2-1/2-year high. The...
18.05.2011
- The world's top chemicals distributors, including Germany's Brenntag, are circling Belgium-based Azelis, three people familiar with the matter said. Rival chemicals distributors...
18.05.2011
- BASF said it will build a new dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industry. BASF said...
17.05.2011
- DuPont has won its $6.4 billion battle for Danisco, with 92.2% of the Danish food ingredients maker's shares tendered in support of a deal. Nearly half of DuPont's revenue now will...
12.05.2011
- European chemical companies have warned the watchdog that oversees them that it could face legal action if it publishes the names of manufacturers of the most toxic substances in a...
12.05.2011
- Lanxess published a consensus-beating 2011 outlook after robust demand for synthetic rubber in the auto and tire industries boosted its business in the first quarter. The world's...
11.05.2011
- Going Green - The global rise in environmental awareness has encouraged the use of more renewable materials. Composite materials represent one area that presents challenges - but...
11.05.2011
- Bright Future - Still marginally present in the global plastic production, bioplastics are nevertheless experiencing a rapid growth. Among them, polylactide (PLA) is predicted to...
11.05.2011
- It was a most unusual road trip - Drivers on the highways of Europe were probably surprised to see the scaled-down equivalent of a bioprocessing production line rolling next to...
11.05.2011
- Wireless Controls - Nicolas Delfosse, Process Engineer Surface Chemistry at AkzoNobel's surfactants processing plant in Belgium, explains why the lack of available I/O and high...
