28.11.2016
- US agriculture and nutrition specialist FMC Corporation has taken full ownership of its F&N Agro joint ventures in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from partner Nufarm. The two...
28.11.2016
- A ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Nov. 23 that could facilitate public access to business information submitted by companies for EU substance and product...
28.11.2016
- As a spate of autumn accidents at chemical plants continues, ExxonMobil’s oil refinery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was hit last week by a major fire. Four workers – at least two of...
25.11.2016
- German gases and engineering group Linde is in line to nail down a large chunk of the LNG projects plannd for Iran, acording to news agency reports circulating in the Middle East...
25.11.2016
- Solvay has won another two patent cases against affiliates of Neo Performance Materials relating to its range of OPtalys cerium/zirconium mixed oxides products. The Belgian group...
25.11.2016
- Dutch distributor Barentz has taken a majority stake in Globe Ingredients, an international trader and distributor of feed, food and pharmaceutical ingredients. The deal...
25.11.2016
- Problems with its new EUR 1 billion TDI complex at Ludwigshafen, Germany, continue to plague BASF. On Nov. 23, the world’s largest chemical producer said the facility with...
- Before and after every run sensors need to be calibrated and verified. Given that there are 50 runs per year 100 documents need to be filed per sensor in a manual process. There is...
24.11.2016
- Saudi Arabian chemicals giant SABIC will start up a new pilot plant for developing next-generation polypropylene (PP) grades by the end of March 2017. The plant is the latest in a...
24.11.2016
- Irish drugmaker Allergan has beefed up its pipeline for neurodegenerative disorders with the acquisition of US-based Chase Pharmaceuticals. Under the terms of the deal, Allergan...