LG Chem, South Korea’s top chemicals manufacturer, plans to spend ₩124.6 billion (€86.9 million) to increase its water treatment material output capacity, aiming to...
09.11.2018
- Praxair, now part of the new Linde group, is to build, own and operate three new air separation units for Shanghai Huayi’s new complex in Qinzhou, China, which will produce...
17.08.2016
- South Korean prosecutors have indicted Novartis employees for bribing doctors in exchange for prescribing the company’s drugs. The Swiss drugmaker confirmed press reports that six...
04.05.2016
- Germany-based global chemical distributor Brenntag has agreed to acquire the South Korean specialty chemicals distributor Whanee Corporation, based in Gwacheon, near Seoul. Closing...
04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
23.03.2015
- The chemical industry is a booming sector for industrial plant manufacturers. Among other things, the shale gas bonanza in the US is inundating European and especially German...
23.03.2015
- It is on everyone's lips: Since Jan. 1, K-REACh has been the law in South Korea. With this implementation, the global chemical industry faces a list of new requirements. The good...
06.02.2013
- Today, Wacker Chemie officially launched its new production plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Ulsan site in South Korea. The additional 40,000...
