Saudi Hydrogen Peroxide Company, a newly created joint venture between Sadara Chemical Company and the Solvay Group, recently announced that they have begun constructing one of the world's largest hydrogen peroxide (HP) plants in the ...
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International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) and the Solvay Group have embarked on an agreement, whereby ICIG will purchase Belgium-based Peptisyntha SA, a custom manufacturer of peptides for pharmaceutical use. Post transaction, which ...
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Argentine polymer and synthetic rubber output fell 15.3% in July compared with the year-earlier period, the state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals also was down 23.3% compared with June, Indec said ...
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GIA released a comprehensive global report on Renewable Chemicals markets. Global market for Renewable Chemicals is projected to reach $66.1 billion by 2018, driven by spiraling petroleum prices, rising demand for eco-friendly products and ...
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GranBio, a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, have signed an agreement to create a partnership to produce bio n-butanol. Bio n-butanol is made from sugar cane straw and bagasse, the same raw material that ...
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GranBio, a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, have signed an agreement to create a partnership to produce bio n-butanol. Bio n-butanol is made from sugar cane straw and bagasse, the same raw material that ...
Tags: Granbio, Renewable Chemicals
Solvay announces Bernard de Laguiche's decision to end his 26-year career at Solvay of which 7 years as Group Chief Financial Officer and has appointed Karim Hajjar as his successor. Bernard de Laguiche, a Brazilian and French national, ...
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International chemical group Solvay announces results for the second quarter & first half year for 2013. Q2 Highlights - Group net sales down (4) % YoY at € 3,062 m, with volumes (1)%, prices (2)% and forex (1)% - REBITDA at ...
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Certification systems for verifying the sources of biobased raw materials and their content in finished products are already operating in the agriculture and food sectors in Europe. Now they are beginning to be introduced into the ...
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Belgian chemical company Solvay has announced plans to construct a new facility to manufacture vanillin in Zhenjiang City, China, as part of its efforts to better serve the fast-growing Asian market. The new facility, which will be ...
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AkzoNobel and Solvay have signed a three-year agreement whereby AkzoNobel will increase the use of renewable raw materials in its paints and coatings, building on an existing partnership between the two companies. Under the terms of the ...
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Solvay announces that it plans to reinforce its position as a world leader in soda ash and improve the activity's long-term profitability by reducing its 2012 European cost base by €100 million per year as of 2016. Solvay will focus ...
Solvay announced that it has successfully completed the registration of its 161 chemical substances concerned by the second tonnage band under REACH. This phase of the registration process mobilized a team of approximately one hundred ...
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Argentina's production of polymer and synthetic rubber fell 14.7% in April compared with the year-earlier period but was 4.1% higher than March, the government statistics office, Indec, said Thursday. Production of these petrochemicals in ...
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Solvay Polyamide & Intermediates has decided to temporarily stop one of its three production lines on Belle-Etoile industrial platform in Saint-Fons, France. Belle-Etoile facility is dedicated to the manufacturing of the Company Nylon 6.6 ...
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