03.08.2015
- At Caserta, Italy, GFBiochemicals has brought a 10,000 t/y worldscale plant for levulinic acid, claimed to be world’s largest and the first to produce the bioplastics feedstock...
28.07.2015
- In his autobiography Nobel Prize winner George Olah tells us about fascinating research into extremely strong superacids and how it yielded the common term "magic acids." Olah...
22.06.2015
- BASF has inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers at Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. The €500 million complex, first of...
27.05.2015
- Japanese catalyst and superabsorbent polymer producer Nippon Shokubai has earmarked €350 million for the expansion of its production facilities for its super absorbers and...
21.05.2015
- Dutch chemical producer DSM and US-based Ascend Performance Materials, the former Solutia polyamide business currently owned by private equity investor SK Capital, have formed a...
10.04.2015
- Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, announced approval for final design engineering and the initial purchase of key long lead time process...
09.04.2015
- Roquette, the world's No. 5 starch producer, announced the launch of a new 20,000 tons/year industrial unit for the production of isosorbide at its site in Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais...
08.04.2015
- Oxea will present its extensive product portfolio for the paint and coatings industry at this year's European Coatings Show (ECS), April 21 to 23, in Nuremberg, Germany. Experts...
