09.05.2016
- Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta has named J. Erik Fyrwald, currently president and CEO of US chemical distributor Univar, to head the company from Jun. 1, 2016. Fyrwald succeeds...
06.05.2016
- Maroon Group has acquired U.S. Chemicals, a specialty chemicals distributor based in Darien, Connecticut, USA, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1960, family-owned U.S. Chemicals...
06.05.2016
- AkzoNobel has formed a partnership with agro-industrial cooperative Royal Cosun to develop novel products from cellulose side streams generated from sugar beet processing. The...
06.05.2016
- The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will reopen its evaluation of the potential effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the immune system in light of fresh scientific evidence...
06.05.2016
- In a mass layoff notice filed with the US state of North Carolina, BASF Bioscience Research said it could eliminate as many as 190 jobs at its Research Triangle Park Plant Science...
04.05.2016
- US-based Chemours is spending $230 million to build a manufacturing plant for hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) 1234yf, a new refrigerant with extremely low global warming potential (GWP)...
04.05.2016
- Germany-based global chemical distributor Brenntag has agreed to acquire the South Korean specialty chemicals distributor Whanee Corporation, based in Gwacheon, near Seoul. Closing...
04.05.2016
- MilliporeSigma, the former Merck Millipore, has announced plans to expand its state-of-the-art single-use current good manufacturing process (cGMP) facility with the addition of...
04.05.2016
- An R&D collaboration between Dublin, Ireland-based Nexvet Biopharma, a veterinary biologics developer, and Japanese animal health company Zenoaqa claims to have found fully...
04.05.2016
- Solvay has signed a definitive agreement with Brazilian chemical group Unipar Carbocloro to sell its 70.59% stake in Solvay Indupa. The transaction is based on a total enterprise...
