Keyword: chemical industry

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EcoVadis and TfS Expand Collaboration

01.10.2015 - EcoVadis, the collaborative platform providing sustainability performance ratings and improvement tools for supply chains, and Together for Sustainability (TfS), the chemical...

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Envigo Officially Starts Under New Name

01.10.2015 - Envigo, the newly merged company combining the assets of Huntingdon Life Sciences, Harlan Laboratories, GFA, NDA Analytics and LSR Associates, officially started business in late...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Corrosion Protection

04.09.2015 - Fluoropolymer system solutions are increasingly used in chemical plants for corrosion-protection tasks. They usually offer considerable advantages over alternatives such as...

Markets & Companies

Global Chemicals Markets Still Volatile and Challenging

04.09.2015 - Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...

Strategy & Management

Poised For Growth

04.09.2015 - Chemistry: it’s in everything and it’s everywhere. In fact, nearly all manufactured goods are directly touched by chemistry, either as a material, in processing, or in some other...

Strategy & Management

Disintermediation 2.0?

03.09.2015 - In mid-2015, BASF opened its first e-commerce store in China, using the Alibaba B2B marketplace platform. According to the company press release, with this step, “BASF is making...

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The Tianjin Explosions and Their Implications

19.08.2015 - On August 12, a fire at a dangerous goods warehouse operated by Ruihai Logistics at the Tianjin harbor quickly turned into a disaster as it triggered two substantial explosions...

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Cefic Partners With Together for Sustainability

06.08.2015 - The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has established an official partnership with the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative, aimed at supporting improvement of...