09.07.2019
- Swiss dyes and specialty chemicals company Archroma has agreed to buy BASF’s stilbene-based optical brightening agents (OBA) business for paper and powder detergent applications...
08.07.2019
- The world plastics production, according to the PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG)/Conversio Market & Strategy, almost reached 350 million tons in 2017. China is the...
28.06.2019
- Marketplace shifts and the increasing volatility of international political developments are making it harder for large chemical tankers such as BASF to navigate the choppy...
19.06.2019
- BASF and China’s Sichuan Lutianhua Co. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop a pilot plant to produce dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas with significantly...
06.06.2019
- Bertrand Conquéret (Henkel) has been elected as new president of Together for Sustainability (TfS), taking over from Rüdiger Eberhard (Evonik), who led the initiative for the last...
05.06.2019
- BASF has kicked off the sale process for its construction chemical business, the news agency Bloomberg has reported, and the German group meanwhile has confirmed contacts with...
30.05.2019
- BASF has developed a process that produces methanol without releasing any carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The company has applied to patent the technology, which has been tested at...
23.05.2019
- Germany’s BASF has agreed a strategic partnership with Glycosyn, a Boston, Massachusetts-based US company specializing in the development of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The...
