11.07.2016
- San Francisco has passed one of the world’s most comprehensive laws banning the use of single-use plastic products. A sweeping ban on disposable polystyrene foam due to take effect...
11.07.2016
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro, which has a sideline in coatings raw materials, has expanded production of HDI, an important feedstock for its coatings portfolio, in...
11.07.2016
- US-based Huntsman, the world’s largest producer of TiO2, has announced it will close its South African plant during the fourth quarter of 2016. Located in Umbogintwini, the 25,000...
11.07.2016
- German industrial gases and engineering group Linde is expanding production for neon, a rare gas, at its site in La Porte, Texas, USA. The new facility, part of a $250 million...
08.07.2016
- Within the course of a week, US-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, renegotiated a deal to acquire rights to a new developmental drug...
08.07.2016
- Industrial gases giant Air Liquide has unveiled its transformation strategy for the next four years. Chairman and CEO Benoît Potier revealed the details of the company’s NEOS 2016...
08.07.2016
- In what it said is a vote of confidence for investment in the UK following the Brexit vote, Ineos Oxide has announced plans to spend a “multi-million pound” sum to raise production...
08.07.2016
- DuPont has lost another round in a string of pending or completed class action lawsuits involving discharges of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C8) from the US chemical giant’s...
07.07.2016
- Inadequate maintenance and unsuitable strategies repeatedly cause malfunctions, which sometimes result in significant damage and high costs. As plants are highly individual, none...
07.07.2016
- ANGUS Chemical, a US manufacturer of nitroalkanes and derivatives, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Univar with effect from Jul 1. Univar will distribute...
