28.06.2010
- When the news broke in November 2009 that both Dow and BASF were looking to sell their styrene assets, the race to find buyers was on. Now, seven months later, BASF still owns its...
28.06.2010
- Arkema and SolVin (a joint venture between Solvay and BASF) have decided to each buy back the minority cross-holdings in the vinyls joint venntures, effective July 1. This affects...
23.06.2010
- The cost of building oil refineries and petrochemical plants continues to rise, even as the downstream refining business suffers from poor margins, as costs rise along with the...
22.06.2010
- According to calculations from the Institute for Research of Small and Midsize Businesses in Bonn (IfM), 208,000 start-up companies were founded in Germany in the first half of...
21.06.2010
- Russia is planning to pump 120 billion rubles ($4 billion) into its fledgling pharmaceutical sector this decade as part of a broader push to diversify the economy from oil and gas...
18.06.2010
- DSM BioSolutions has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Novacta Biosystems, Welwyn Garden City, UK, for the process development and cGMP production of its C...
18.06.2010
- The Oilfield Technology Group (OTG) of Hexion Specialty Chemicals, has announced the startup of a new manufacturing plant and the opening of additional transload facilities to...
17.06.2010
- Descartes Systems Group, a federated global logistics network, acquired privately-held Belgian-based Routing International, a developer and distributor of optimized route planning...
16.06.2010
- Preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has involved a lot more than what gets covered in the press or on television - which has been limited to the test and qualification matches...
16.06.2010
- Germany's federal cartel office on Tuesday said the gas market had started developing enough dynamism for it to stop intervening, in a move that was cheered by market leader E.ON...
