18.09.2015
- BP has agreed to license its latest-generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology to Ningxia Baaota Chemical Fibre, a majority owned subsidiary of China’s Baota...
18.09.2015
- Leading chemical distributor Brenntag has acquired Cargill’s small pack specialty business in food and pharma grade alcohol, aimed at customers in cosmetics, pharmaceutical and...
18.09.2015
- Cecilia Malmström, the EU’s competition commissioner since the beginning of this year, has provided long awaited details of a plan to revamp the Investor-to-State Dispute...
17.09.2015
- By demolishing no longer needed buildings in a controlled explosion process, Ineos has cleared space for a new £20 million headquarters building at its Grangemouth petrochemical...
17.09.2015
- Citing increased demand in Asia, Shell has started up a new 140,000 t/y high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) purification plant and a new 140,000 t/y ethoxylates unit at its site on...
17.09.2015
- Inovyn does not plan to restart its PVC plant at Schkopau, Germany, idled since the end of 2014. After failing to come to terms with Dow Chemical on supply of feedstock VCM, the...
17.09.2015
- As part of a customer-focused initiative to unite its diverse fine chemicals capabilities, Johnson Matthey, a US company best known internationally for catalyst manufacture, has...
16.09.2015
- Axalta Coating Systems has appointed Matthias Schönberg as Vice President of Axalta and President of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. He will take up his position...
16.09.2015
- German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA is streamlining its healthcare management team to accelerate growth. The company said the new organizational structure will...
16.09.2015
- In Thailand, Solvay has inaugurated what it says is Southeast Asia's largest sodium bicarbonate production facility. The €20 million plant built at the Belgian chemical group’s...
