02.04.2018
- Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has...
24.11.2017
- With some 600 companies employing around 13,000 people, the plastics and chemicals cluster is one of the state of Brandenburg’s industrial mainstays. There is virtually no other...
06.11.2017
- As part of its first financial report, the chemical industry’s newest giant, the merged DowDuPont, has announced it has rolled back its timetable for splitting into three...
26.09.2017
- UK-based Venator Materials - the Huntsman pigments & additives spin-off - has announced its intention to close two colored pigment plants in the US by the end of 2017. The plants...
01.08.2017
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences group Merck has opened a new application laboratory for its Performance Materials business sector in Shanghai, China. The...
22.12.2016
- In its final determination, the full International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Umicore infringed the patents of BASF and Argonne National Laboratory for nickel-manganese...
09.12.2016
- US industrial bioscience company Amyris has agreed a multi-year extension to its farnesene collaboration with long-term partner Kuraray. The agreement relates to the use of Amyris...
04.11.2016
- New partnerships to develop materials for 3D printing are springing up to kick-start growth in an industry that experts say is being hampered by a lack of suitable materials. In...
