Keyword: Agrochemistry

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GMO critics’ Resolutions Fail at Monsanto AGM

30.01.2014 - Two shareholder resolutions backed by environmental, food safety and consumer activists groups failed to be approved at Monsanto's annual general meeting in suburban St. Louis...

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CABB forms joint venture in China

20.12.2013 - Germany's CABB and Jining Gold Power from Shandong province agreed to establish a joint venture for the production and marketing of high quality monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in...

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Lanxess Starts Up Expanded Cresol Plant at Leverkusen

18.11.2013 - Lanxess has increased capacity for the high-performance intermediate cresol at Leverkusen, Germany, by 20% at a cost of €20 million. The Cologne-based specialty chemicals producer...

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Lanxess Narrows 2013 Guidance After Weak Q3

14.11.2013 - After a 26% plunge in EBITDA to €187 million in the third quarter, German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess has narrowed its guidance for full year 2013. The company now expects...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Dottikon Celebrates 100 Years of Transformation

14.10.2013 - Big Bang Beginning - In its 100-year existence, Swiss fine chemical company Dottikon Exclusive Synthesis (Dottikon) has transformed itself from a company specialized in explosives...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Agrochemical’s Role in Creating World Peace

06.08.2013 - Finding The Balance - The global food supply and global peace are interlinked. Agrochemicals play only a small part in the cost of food production and other factors such as food...

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules for Monsanto in Patent Fight

18.07.2013 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Indiana farmer violated agribusiness company Monsanto's patent for a type of soybean. In a case closely watched by the biotechnology...

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Probe Indicates Biotech Wheat Was "Isolated Incident"

15.06.2013 - The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in...