05.10.2017
- Eastman Chemical has agreed to license its proprietary 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and derivatives process to Origin Materials (formerly Micromidas) under a non-exclusive...
04.10.2017
- Effective 30 of September 2017, Peter Greven Group, a manufacturer of oleochemical derivatives, has formed Norac Additives and acquired the assets of the additives division of US...
04.10.2017
- Since October 2016, Stockmeier Chemie represents the surfactant portfolio of Kolb as its preferred partner in Germany. After 10 months of successful business development the...
03.10.2017
- The European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) announced the name of its new president. Concluding the closing lunch session of the EPCA 51st Annual Meeting in Berlin, Tom Crotty...
03.10.2017
- The management board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has appointed Bjorn Hansen, head of the chemicals unit at the European Commission’s Environment Directorate-General, as...
03.10.2017
- Japan’s Asahi Kasei has developed a new and safer route to produce diphenyl carbonate (DPC), using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock instead of phosgene, which is highly toxic...
03.10.2017
- Major French industrial gases group Air Liquide has expanded its healthcare business in Japan with the acquisition of Sogo Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SSKK). Financial terms were not...
03.10.2017
- Germany’s Wacker Chemie is doubling production capacity for vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) dispersions in South Korea. The Munich-based company will add another reactor at Ulsan for...
03.10.2017
- Chemicals distribution group Univar has acquired Tagma Brasil for an undisclosed sum, expanding its presence in the agricultural market. Based in Paulinia, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Tagma...
03.10.2017
- Pfizer is suing Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in the US over what it terms anti-competitive practices against its biosimilar Inflectra. The lawsuit is said to be the first of its kind...
