07.09.2015
- After carving out its engineering plastics sub-group Bayer MaterialScience as Covestro on Sept. 1, Bayer is wasting no time pushing the fledgling company to stand on its own feet...
04.09.2015
- Fluoropolymer system solutions are increasingly used in chemical plants for corrosion-protection tasks. They usually offer considerable advantages over alternatives such as...
04.09.2015
- Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...
04.09.2015
- Chemistry: it’s in everything and it’s everywhere. In fact, nearly all manufactured goods are directly touched by chemistry, either as a material, in processing, or in some other...
04.09.2015
- Despite having completed basic engineering on the project, German chemical producer Evonik has pulled back from any further work on its planned US 120,000 t/y methyl methacrylate...
04.09.2015
- The European Commission has approved the acquisition of BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell, saying it would not give Shell a dominant share in markets such as oil and gas exploration...
04.09.2015
- Canadian drugmaker Valeant has said it will work with AstraZeneca on a potential treatment for psoriasis, brodalumab, taking up the gauntlet from Amgen, which recently curtailed...
04.09.2015
- After emerging relatively unscathed from Monsanto’s bear hug, Swiss agrochemicals giant is tossing a bone to shareholders who may have preferred it to be more open to a merger with...
03.09.2015
- In mid-2015, BASF opened its first e-commerce store in China, using the Alibaba B2B marketplace platform. According to the company press release, with this step, “BASF is making...
03.09.2015
- Swedish speciality chemicals firm Perstorp and Dutch biotechnology firm Corbion have jointly developed a new lactide caprolactone copolymer for hot melt adhesives. The fully...
