Keyword: technology

News

Umicore to Buy Materia’s Metathesis Catalyst Arm

21.12.2017 - Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore has agreed to acquire the metathesis catalyst business of Pasadena, California-based Materia Inc., valuing the assets at...

News

Monsanto Licenses ToolGen’s CRISPR Technology

22.08.2017 - Monsanto has signed a global licensing agreement with South Korean biotech ToolGen, gaining access to its CRISPR gene-editing technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. "This...

News

BASF and Kaiima in Traits Collaboration

17.08.2017 - German chemical giant BASF has joined forces with Israel’s Kaiima Bio-Agritech, a genetics and breeding technology company, to work on discovery of novel herbicide resistance...

News

WeylChem Carves-out Technology and Innovation Platform

01.08.2017 - Starting August 1st a new chemical service company within the WeylChem Group of Companies was formed. With its competencies in Analytics, Contract Research and Piloting as well as...

News

CB&I wins Formosa Cumene/Phenol Upgrade

12.05.2017 - US engineering contractor CB&I has won a contract from Formosa Chemicals and Fibre for the license and engineering design of a cumene and phenol expansion in Ningbo, China. CB&I...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Chemical Footprint in Pharma

26.04.2017 - The chemical industry is the most important supplier of the pharmaceutical industry, but it can´t keep pace with the economic strength and R&D intensity of pharma. This underlines...

News

DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals to Expand 7-ADCA Plant

26.04.2017 - Singapore-based DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (DSP), a joint venture of Dutch chemicals and life sciences group DSM of the Netherlands and China’s Sinochem, is expanding production...

News

BP/DuPont JV Buys Nesika Energy

06.04.2017 - A joint venture between BP and DuPont has acquired US biofuels company Nesika Energy for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes Nesika’s ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas, USA...