10.04.2015
- French family-owned group Roquette has started up a second production plant for its plant-based material, isosorbide. Roquette said the facility in Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais, is the...
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...
18.12.2014
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued new rules restricting the use of several chemicals in products imported into the country but no longer produced there...
04.12.2014
- The Nordic Council, representing the governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, has called on the European Commission to accelerate plans for identifying...
18.07.2014
- Denmark has, at least temporarily, abandoned plans proposed two years ago to restrict the use of phthalates in plasticisers beyond the rules already stipulated by the EU's REACH...
24.10.2013
- Better, Or Just Different? - As the world moves away from using phthalates because of their association with human health effects, making sure their replacement alternatives are...
24.10.2013
- Not All Created Equal - The European plasticizers market has evolved considerably in the last decade, moving away from classified low phthalates to nonclassified high phthalates...
29.10.2010
- Opinion - As December's deadline for Reach registration draws closer, the future looks brighter for an essential group of chemicals - high molecular weight phthalates (high...
