BioAmber Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, announced it has signed an exclusive supply agreement for bio-based succinic acid with Oleon. Under the terms of the five-year contract, which runs from ...
Tags: Bio-Succinic Acid, Lubricant, Construction
New categories in the organic sector in Australia have driven record growth in the $1.72 billion industry, according to a biennial industry report from organic certifying group Australian Organic. The Australian Organic Market Report is a ...
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According to report from Japan News Network, the price of rice fell sharply in 2014 and it gets farmers into trouble. Niigata, Japan's most famous rice growing areas, produced 660,000 tons rice last year. The price of rice produced in ...
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BASF broke ground on a new Innovation Campus in Navi Mumbai, India. The company will invest approximately €50 million via BASF Chemicals India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE. The facility will accommodate around ...
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BASF turns 150 in 2015. The company announced its anniversary program in an international press conference held in Ludwigshafen. In addition to celebrations and a historical retrospective, BASF has prepared a global co-creation program with ...
Eastman Chemical Company announced the completion of its acquisition of Taminco Corporation, a global specialty chemical company, for a total of $2.8 billion in cash and assumed debt. The acquired Taminco businesses are expected to be ...
Tags: cash debt, charges, Construction
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Producer of speciality chemicals and NYSE listed, Eastman, has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend for holders of the Company’s common shares in the amount of $0.40 per common share, ...
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The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has found that around a quarter of purified drinking water in the country is contaminated with excessive levels of bacteria. The Shanghai Daily newspaper reported that bacteria was found ...
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Set to replace the discontinued Duofast Trimbonder line of adhesives in Chemical Concepts’ line of adhesives products is TrimGrip, an advanced Cellular PVC Adhesive now associated with the Chem-Set brand. The structural adhesive ...
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Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
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Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. announced personnel changes within the company's team of directors, including the naming of Shinji Nakahara as president of Nitto Japan Co. All of the changes are effective Jan. 1. Takuji Yamamoto, president of ...
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Integrated producer of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibres, Invista has bagged the ‘Innovation Upgrade Award’ from China Chemical Industry News. According to Invista, it received the award for its outstanding ...
Ohio State University and University of Illinois at Chicago have developed deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on III-nitride semiconductor nanowires [Thomas F Kent et al, Nanotechnology, vol25, p455201, 2014]. The ...
Nexen's Roadian CT8 HL will be OE on the Chrysler 200 and the Ram 3500. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) chose Nexen Tire Corp. as an “excellent supplier” during the 2014 APAC Supplier Town Hall and Awards Ceremony held ...
Tags: Chrysler 200, Ram 3500, Auto