Keyword: Evonik

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Evonik and LanzaTech in Bioprocessed Plastics Precursors R&D

09.12.2013 - Germany's Evonik and U.S.-headquartered LanzaTech have signed a three year research cooperation pact linking the German company's existing biotechnology platforms with the U.S...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

75 Years of Oxo Synthesis

25.11.2013 - Kohlechemie AG, a company collectively founded by a consortium of mining companies in 1927, was renamed Ruhrchemie in April 1928, and began production of fertilizer in 1929 at its...

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Evonik Expanding Capacity for Isophorone in China

18.11.2013 - German chemical group Evonik is spending more than €100m capacity upgrade for isophorone and isophorone diamine at its Shanghai, China, complex. The expansion, designed to meet...

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Port of Antwerp: Europe’s Largest Chemical Cluster

12.11.2013 - Gateway For Major Players - With 40 square kilometers of chemical industry housing the world's major players, the port of Antwerp may rightfully call itself the largest European...

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EU Extends Approval Deadline for Solvay and Ineos Vinyls JV

28.10.2013 - The European Commission has extended until Nov. 5 its deadline to decide on approval of the planned PVC joint venture of Solvay and Ineos. In May of this year, the two companies...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Highly Potent API Demand is On the Rise

24.10.2013 - Small But Mighty - Highly potent active ingredients (HPAPIs) are remarkably effective at small doses. Therapies including oncology, hormones, narcotics, musculoskeletal treatments...

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Evonik opens new catalysts plant in Argentina

21.10.2013 - Germany-based Evonik Industries started up a new plant for manufacturing biodiesel-production catalysts in Argentina. Patrik Wohlhauser, the member of the Evonik Executive Board...

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Evonik ‘Significantly’ Expanding Oil Additives in Singapore

27.08.2013 - German specialty chemicals producer Evonik said it will "significantly" expand its oil additives production at Jurong Island in Singapore by 2015 through production improvements...