Feb. 25, 2019Topics
Chemspec Europe is Europe’s premier marketplace for the fine and speciality chemicals industry. The exhibition offers manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of fine and speciality chemicals a dedicated marketplace to meet with ...
Jan. 29, 2019News & Opinions
Thomas Swan announced the appointment of Keith Wiggins as its non-executive chairman. He will join the board on the Feb. 19, 2019. ...
Dec. 18, 2018News & Opinions
Svetlana Dikina has been appointed as general manager of Biesterfeld Rus, based in Moscow, Russia. She will be responsible for all Russian business activities of the divisions Biesterfeld Plastic, Spezialchemie and Performance ...
Nov. 28, 2018Topics
In the past, much of the attractive growth for specialty chemicals companies came from China and the rebound of the US economy. In the future, companies need to consider a portfolio of emerging markets even more, despite the risk of market ...
Oct. 31, 2018Topics
Chemberry, an innovative internet platform enabling chemical buyers to easily find the ingredients they need, has launched its first industry sector. Initially covering personal care, the free-of-charge search service will later expand ...
Aug. 23, 2018News & Opinions
LyondellBasell has completed its $2.2 billion acquisition of plastics compounder A. Schulman, doubling the size of its plastics compounding business and widening its portfolio to add an array of compounds for use in consumer and industrial ...
Aug. 15, 2018News & Opinions
Saudi petrochemicals and plastics group SABIC is working with US product design firm Nottingham Spirk to develop new uses for its specialty materials. With this partnership SABIC wants to leverage its ability to expand value for its ...
Jul. 25, 2018News & Opinions
US specialty chemicals company Platform Specialty Products has signed an agreement to sell its Agricultural Solutions business, comprising Arysta LifeScience and its subsidiaries, to India’s UPL Corp for $4.2 billion in cash. This ...
May. 09, 2018Topics
The traditional business model of chemical distributors is currently fundamentally challenged on one side by digitally enabled activities from principals, logistics providers, customers, start-ups, larger chemical distributors or ...
May. 05, 2018Topics
The European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) picked the tagline “Shaping successful partnerships for the new market demands” as the theme for this year’s annual congress in Nice, France, June 4-6, 2018. ...
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