17.03.2017
- Citing a “significant” increase in demand, Germany-based engineering plastics producer Covestro will keep its 200,000 t/y MDI plant at Tarragona, Spain, on stream rather than...
17.03.2017
- The administration of new US president Donald Trump is quickly moving to put its election campaign promises into practice. Much of its activity focuses on overturning President...
17.03.2017
- UK contract research organization Envigo has announced it will develop and internally validate five to seven ion channel in vitro tests for measuring cardiac risk potential. The...
17.03.2017
- The Advanced Industrial Intermediates business of German chemical producer Lanxess will invest around €100 million to expand production capacities over the next three years. About...
16.03.2017
- UK-based distributor Swan Chemical (SCI) a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Swan & Co, has agreed with compatriot Robinson Brothers to globally market that company’s Robac...
16.03.2017
- Germany’s Wacker Group has reduced its stake in subsidiary Siltronic from 51.8% to 30.8%. The group sold 6.3 million shares to institutional investors for €55.85 per share, giving...
16.03.2017
- Finnish engineering firms Neste Jacobs and Coolbrook are collaborating on a project to develop a new naphtha cracking technology. Work is based on Coolbrook’s patented...
16.03.2017
- Andreas Kreimeyer has been proposed to succeed Ralf Bethke as chairman of the supervisory board of German minerals specialist K+S following the company’s annual general meeting...
16.03.2017
- The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for risk assessment, RAC, has cleared the chemical compound glyphosate – the active ingredient in herbicides such as Monsanto’s...
15.03.2017
- The field of analytical chemistry has evolved so that it has a great many applications that not only include chemical analysis in the traditional sense but also uses that can...
