Keyword: Belgium

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

09.01.2018 - Across the pond, Europe ,too, saw some major investment announcements in 2017, the first for many years. Olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos led the way. Its three major projects...

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BASF to Limit Use of Insecticide Fipronil

11.08.2017 - As an EU-wide scare involving contaminated eggs dominates headlines, BASF has announced it will not reapply for authorization for some uses of its Fipronil pesticide. However, the...

Markets & Companies

Kolb Takes on the KLK OLEO Identity

05.04.2016 - In 2007, Hedingen, Switzerland-based performance chemicals manufacturer/distributor Kolb became a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), a company incorporated in Malaysia...

Markets & Companies

The Future Lies in the Genome

07.10.2015 - Kemal Malik, board member for innovation at the German Bayer Group, sees many similarities in the genetic system of humans, animals and plants. This opens the door for synergies in...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Beyond REACh: Nanomaterials in the European Union

27.07.2015 - Companies manufacturing, importing or distributing nanomaterials into the territory of the European Union do not only have to comply with the Registration, Evaluation...

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AkzoNobel to Invest in Organic Peroxide Operations in the US and Europe

27.03.2015 - AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest more than €20 million in its organic peroxide production facilities in Mons, Belgium, and Houston (Pasadena), Texas, in the US. In Mons, the...

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Belgian and Swedish Ethanol Producers Added to EU Probe

17.10.2014 - Two European ethanol producers, Belgium's Alcogroup and Sweden's Lantmannen Agroetanol, have been raided by EU competition authorities as part of a 17-month long investigation into...

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Ineos Expands ENB Plant in Belgium

20.02.2014 - Through debottlecking, Ineos has increased its capacity for ethylene norbonene (ENB) at Zwijndrecht, Belgium, to 28,000 t/y. The company said the plant is now the largest of its...