Keyword: chemical industry
Chemistry & Life Sciences
29.04.2015
- Publication of the 2014 figures of Brenntag, DKSH and IMCD has shown that last year was a good one for chemical distributors. Sales growth was moderate, but measures to increase...
Strategy & Management
23.04.2015
- Chemicals are vital to our well-being. They help us grow more abundant crops and preserve our food. In the form of plastics, rubber and foam, they help make our homes, factories...
Plant Construction & Process Technology
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....
Markets & Companies
24.03.2015
- The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...
Markets & Companies
24.03.2015
- Lacquer derived from tree sap originated in China about 7,000 years ago. This lacquer gave objects a hard protective coating that provided water resistance. Indeed, most of the...
Plant Construction & Process Technology
23.03.2015
- The chemical industry is a booming sector for industrial plant manufacturers. Among other things, the shale gas bonanza in the US is inundating European and especially German...
Chemistry & Life Sciences
23.03.2015
- Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, well-known as the REACh regulation, or Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of...
Markets & Companies
23.03.2015
- In February 2013, the Carlyle Group completed its acquisition of DuPont's Performance Coatings business for US$4.9 billion. Upon becoming an independent company, the business was...
