06.10.2017
- In what it regards as a “potential game-changer for the industry”, AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology for producing ethylene amines and...
05.10.2017
- Ineos has slammed Scotland’s decision to ban fracking, saying it will negatively affect the country’s jobs, energy security and growth. Tom Pickering, operations director at Ineos...
05.10.2017
- UK pharmaceutical company Ergomed has acquired PSR Group, a Dutch contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in orphan drug development and is regarded as a leading...
05.10.2017
- Eastman Chemical has agreed to license its proprietary 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and derivatives process to Origin Materials (formerly Micromidas) under a non-exclusive...
03.10.2017
- The management board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has appointed Bjorn Hansen, head of the chemicals unit at the European Commission’s Environment Directorate-General, as...
03.10.2017
- Japan’s Asahi Kasei has developed a new and safer route to produce diphenyl carbonate (DPC), using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock instead of phosgene, which is highly toxic...
03.10.2017
- Major French industrial gases group Air Liquide has expanded its healthcare business in Japan with the acquisition of Sogo Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SSKK). Financial terms were not...
03.10.2017
- Germany’s Wacker Chemie is doubling production capacity for vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) dispersions in South Korea. The Munich-based company will add another reactor at Ulsan for...
