Keyword: Chemistry

Strategy & Management

A Future-oriented Industrial Policy Strategy

07.07.2017 - René van Sloten, CEFIC executive director industrial policy, explains why a holistic EU industrial policy strategy needs to be put in place – as called for by the Competitiveness...

Chemicals & Distribution

Umicore Inaugurates Trimethylgallium (TMGa) Production Facility in Germany

- High-purity Trimethylgallium (TMGa) and Triethylgallium (TEGa) are key materials in manufacturing processes of opto-electronic devices such as LEDs or laser diodes and are...

Strategy & Management

1st European Chemistry Partnering

17.02.2017 -

The concept of creating a Pitch-and-Partnering event for the chemistry industry and its user industries has proven to be successful.

Markets & Companies

A Visible Turning Point for Oxea

07.02.2017 - Ten years ago, in March 2007, oxo chemicals producer Oxea was established as a buyout led by private-equity firm Advent International of oxo derivatives and oxo intermediates...

Markets & Companies

South America’s Chemical Industry in Recession

21.11.2016 - The South American countries were beacons of hope for the world economy until the 2008/2009 global economic crisis. Brazil, the region’s largest country, was even mentioned in the...

Markets & Companies

Innovation Makes A Difference

21.11.2016 - The biggest – listed – European chemical manufacturers (Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel, Arkema, BASF, Bayer, Covestro, DSM, Evonik, Johnson Matthey, K+S, Lanxess, Solvay, Syngenta...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

OEM in the process industry

28.07.2016 - Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) produce machines for special applications, all types of equipment, skids and subsystems. These are all tailor-made system components that...

Research & Innovation

Route Planner for Research Chemists

29.01.2016 - Time is money; this holds particularly true for drug research and development. The global pharmaceutical industry spends about $100 billion a year on R&D. Researchers are...