13.11.2017
- Brazilian petrochemical group Braskem is cooperating with Danish catalysts producer Haldor Topsoe to develop a new route to produce MEG from sugar. The project is based on a two...
13.11.2017
- AkzoNobel India will transfer its specialty chemicals operations to an affiliate of its parent company for 3.2 billion rupees ($49 million), according to a statement filed with the...
13.11.2017
- Amid estimates that the business could be worth as much as $1.5 billion, speculation is mounting that Swiss drugmaker Novartis may be planning to sell its dermatology generics arm...
10.11.2017
- Today, many companies face unprecedented challenges from low commodity prices and fierce competition. We can see how more and more projects are either being cancelled or postponed...
10.11.2017
- A month ago, at the European Petrochemical Association’s Annual Meeting held in Berlin, Germany, Jim Fitterling, president & chief operating officer of the Dow Chemical Company...
10.11.2017
- The European Chemical Council CEFIC, the European Parliament and the European Commission have reached a provisional political deal on reforming the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU...
10.11.2017
- Thailand’s Indorama Ventures, the world’s largest PET producer, has agreed to buy the assets of Artlant PTA in Portugal for an undisclosed sum. The PTA plant in the Sines...
10.11.2017
- Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim is partnering US company Dicerna Pharmaceuticals to develop new RNAi therapeutics for liver diseases. The research collaboration and license...
10.11.2017
- For the second time in two weeks and the sixth time altogether, an EU expert panel has failed to agree on whether to extend the license of the herbicide chemical glyphosate at all...
09.11.2017
- In a worldwide comparison Africa is currently a very small and economically sub-scale and micro-fragmented market. It accounts for just two percent of the global pharmaceutical...
