16.12.2016
- After seeing no growth in 2016, the European chemical industry council CEFIC is forecasting a “small uptick” in EU chemical production of around 0.5% in 2017, despite a “volatile...
12.12.2016
- Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris announced on Dec. 9 that the US chemical giant plans to build an innovation center at its Midland, Michigan, USA headquarters, creating 100 new R&D...
02.12.2016
- Health Canada is inviting comments through the end of February 2017 on its preliminary plans to ban the chemical imidacloprid, an active ingredient in neonicotinoid-based...
24.11.2016
- As it prepares to merge with compatriot Dow Chemical, US chemical giant DuPont has announced it will eliminate its pension contribution for active employees. In a filing with the...
21.11.2016
- More than 12,000 foreign companies have already chosen Hesse as the place to do business. A clear commitment to Europe’s most central location. Across all industries, employers...
18.11.2016
- BASF is in the process of expanding its North American MDI output to take advantage of the abundance of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock on the US Gulf Coast. The German chemical...
14.11.2016
- The second major fire at a German chemical production site in less than a month broke out at the ChemPark chemical industry park at Leverkusen on the evening of Nov. 12. However...
11.11.2016
- Chemical industry trade organizations both in the US and Europe reacted to the outcome of the Nov. 8 US general election with statements offering the usual pledges to work with a...
