Keyword: Fine Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals

Markets & Companies

US Companies Point to Increased Federal Regulations as Barrier to Growth

06.05.2015 - Specialty chemical manufacturers have identified federal regulations as a barrier to growth in a recent industrywide Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Society of Chemical...

Markets & Companies

How 20 Years Have Transformed the Chemical Industry

06.05.2015 - For the second consecutive year, the Boston Consulting Group has conducted a total shareholder return (TSR) analysis of the chemical industry. The top 10 chemical companies have...

News

Monsanto Said to be Stalking Syngenta Again

06.05.2015 - Predators are stalking not only Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant, but also agrochemicals giant Syngenta. Following a report by news agency Bloomberg that US rival...

News

Clariant Sees Shareholders as Bulwark Against Takeovers

06.05.2015 - Swiss specialty chemical producer Clariant is certain that its large shareholders - including those of Süd-Chemie, who hold 14% of the Swiss company's shares will support...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Distribution in the Middle East

29.04.2015 - The Gulf area of the Middle East offers opportunities for international chemical distributors because of its strong economic growth derived from oil wealth. But many multinational...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Will The Future Bring Growth And Sustainability?

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...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Roquette Launches World's Largest Isosorbide Production Unit

09.04.2015 - Roquette, the world's No. 5 starch producer, announced the launch of a new 20,000 tons/year industrial unit for the production of isosorbide at its site in Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais...

News

IMCD Buys India’s Kushalchand

07.04.2015 - Dutch specialty chemicals distributor IMCD has acquired Kushalchand Sons in India. Kushalchand, a family-owned business based in Mumbai, distributes specialty ingredients to India...