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...
08.06.2015
- Sluggish growth, a number of regional conflicts and falling prices in global commodity markets had a major impact on the business climate in the chemical plant manufacturing sector...
29.04.2015
- Sustainability is not a new topic for the global chemical industry, which has a long-standing track record of putting such principles into practice. Along with creating clearly...
14.04.2015
- Arkema's Coating Resins business has expanded its acrylic resin manufacturing capacity at Araçariguama, Brazil, by 60% through the installation of a new reactor. With the start-up...
25.03.2015
- The member companies of the German Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers Group (AGAB) booked orders valued at €19.6 billion in 2014, a 11% decline compared to the previous year....
05.01.2015
- In a move to expand its position in the Brazilian market, the Actega division of German specialty chemicals producer Altana has acquired two owner-operated companies, Premiata and...
14.11.2014
- Solvay said it is "awaiting details" of a Nov. 13 decision by the Brazilian competition authority CADE not to allow the planned sale of its 70.59% majority stake in Solvay Indupa...
06.10.2014
- At least one soybean exporter in Brazil has agreed with Monsanto to collect royalties from farmers who planted the company's genetically engineered seeds, industry sources have...
