EU chemicals production in February dropped 2.3% year on year while the overall EU chemicals industry confidence indicator continued to deteriorate in April, mainly due to lower order-book assessments, industry body Cefic said Thursday. ...
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Intertek to Exhibit at Chemspec Europe 2013 on 5 - 6th June 2013, Frankfurt, Germany. Intertek Regulatory Experts to highlight regulatory challenges, consultancy and testing solutions for the chemicals industry during the exhibition. ...
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Arizona Chemical recently broke ground on its newest Science & Technology Center in Savannah, Ga. The 27,000 sq. ft. facility is scheduled to open in December 2013, and is expected to cost $10 million to build. Sponsored Links Acute Pain ...
Tips: HS: 28, Inorganic Chemicals; precious metals, rare earth metals, radioactive elements and their organic or inorganic compounds are hereinafter abbreviated as "Inorganic Chemicals". 1. Chinese Inorganic Chemicals Industry Export from ...
Vantage Specialty Chemicals has announced the appointment of Conrad Kempinska as the new executive vice president of Vantage’s Personal Care business. In his new role, he will have overall global responsibility for the Lipo and ...
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The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
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INVISTA Technologies S.à r.l. and Arzeda Corp. announce collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes. The agreement brings together complementary technologies: INVISTA's capabilities ...
The paint and coatings industry has put a tremendous emphasis on the Chinese market where the largest international paint manufacturers all have built major operations and continue to invest there. Chinese paints and coatings ...
Tags: China, Investment, Continue, Expand, PPG
BASF recently announced plans to build a new production plant for emulsion polymers at its integrated “Verbund” site in Freeport, Texas. The new plant will allow BASF to better serve the coatings, construction, adhesives, and ...
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The first barrel of ethane from the Bakken field will go to Nova Chemicals' Joffre, Alberta facility to be value added and converted into polyethylene next year, which explains why CEO Randy Woelfel described himself at an industry event in ...
Tags: Shale gas, Petchems, petrochemicals
The outdoor supplier Jack Wolfskin, based in Idstein, Germany, is the first company in the industry to announce its participation in the “Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals” programme. The Joint Roadmap developed for the ...
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According to new research by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association, the Gulf petrochemicals sector added 34,564 jobs between 2010 and 2011 an increase of 11%. According to a new GPCA publication, GCC Petrochemicals & ...
Three of PPG Industries' architectural paint brands recently won recognition in different categories of the 2011 China Top 10 Coatings Brands Awards. Sponsored by HC360.com and the HC Coating Network, the annual awards ceremony in Beijing ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dallas/Fort Worth,Texas,United States of America(Free-Press-Release.com)August 24,2012--Thanks to the boom of automotive manufacturing industry,China has become one of the world'simportant automotive chemicals ...
Tags: China, Automotive Chemicals Industry, automotive lubricant market
European Patent Office (EPO) recognizes development of wavefront-corrected eye surgery by Josef Bille at annual ceremony. European Inventor Awards 2012 Josef Bille’s development of the ...
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