09.05.2014
- Following an in-depth review, the European Commission has accepted divestment proposals put forward in March by would-be PVC joint venture partners Ineos and Solvay and approved...
07.05.2014
- Growing Green - The ongoing sustainability movement has become a hot topic in the business world and within broader society. Issues such as renewable resources, waste management...
07.05.2014
- Eliminating Inefficiency - When paint and specialty chemicals producer AkzoNobel looked to improve customer service and raise return on capital by cutting excess inventory, it...
02.04.2014
- Annual results presented by global chemical companies for 2013 showed a diverse picture. This was scant surprise as many were still mired in a transformation process, while others...
28.03.2014
- Clariant announced membership in the chemical industry initiative "Together for Sustainability" (TfS), an organization founded in 2011 and aiming at jointly improving...
07.03.2014
- AkzoNobel has doubled annual production capacity at its Industrial Coatings site in Songjiang near Shanghai, China at a cost of around €14 million. The company said the expansion...
08.01.2014
- At the end of December 2013, AkzoNobel sold its Primary Amides business and a manufacturing facility at Kyungju, South Korea, for an undisclosed sum to PMC Group, based at Mount...
02.10.2013
- Lars Hultman, of Linköping University, and Per Claesson, from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), will receive their awards at a special event in Stockholm as well as a...
