21.09.2017
- Petrochemical plants on the US Gulf Coast are starting to resume operations after Hurricane Harvey left behind a trail of destruction. Refineries and chemical plants had been shut...
21.09.2017
- Arkema is expanding capacity for its Kynar polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in Calvert City, USA, by about 20%, with work set to start in mid-2018. A start-up date and capacity...
20.09.2017
- BASF is to acquire Solvay’s global integrated polyamide (PA) business for €1.6 billion on a cash and debt-free basis. The acquisition strengthens the German chemicals giant’s...
19.09.2017
- German chemical distributor Nordmann, Rassmann (NRC) has acquired 100% of the shares in Melrob Group Holdings. (Melrob) of Crawley, UK. The acquisition includes all of Melrob’s...
19.09.2017
- Process and system automation has great appeal; it potentially reduces the need for manual intervention as well as increasing throughput with processes running 24-7. Most lab...
18.09.2017
- Acting on a government request for more domestic investment and job creation, Taiwan’s chemical industry has reportedly pledged to expand large-scale domestic investment projects...
18.09.2017
- An older version of a thyroid drug made by Merck Serono is planned to be reintroduced in France after more than 9,000 of the country's three million users complained of serious...
18.09.2017
- ExxonMobil and the Russian government have settled a long-running tax dispute worth more than $600 million, the Russian finance ministry said in a statement sent to French news...
18.09.2017
- Solvay has announced it will begin producing high-performance polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) polymers early next year in order to meet growing demand from the aerospace industry. The...
18.09.2017
- Bayer has appointed Wolfgang Nickl to its managing board with effect from Apr. 26, 2018. The 48-year-old manager, who is new to the Leverkusen, Germany-based group, will succeed...
