Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces the inauguration of a €15 million investment project in mtm plastics GmbH. Based in Niedergebra, Germany, mtm plastics is regarded as a technology leader in the recycling of mixed post-consumer plastic waste and as one of Europe’s largest […]
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Nearly 22,000 chemicals registered under REACH
The 10-year registration period for existing chemicals is now complete following the last REACH registration deadline on 31 May 2018. 13,620 European companies have submitted information to ECHA in nearly 90,000 registrations for chemicals manufactured in or imported to the EU and EEA at above one tonne a year. Today we know more about the […]
BASF presents new superplasticizer technologies for ready-mixed concrete industry
As a Gold Sponsor at the 18th ERMCO Congress, which is being held in Oslo, Norway, on June 7 and 8, BASF is presenting its broad portfolio of innovative solutions for the ready-mixed concrete industry under the brand name of Master Builders Solutions. At the Congress, users can learn about the benefits of the latest […]
Marrone Bio Innovations launches biological crop protection portfolio
Marrone Bio Innovations has announced the launch of REGALIA CG, GRANDEVO CG and VENERATE CG, a portfolio of products designed to control highly destructive pests and diseases, including powdery mildew, mites, thrips and aphids, during Cannabis production and home gardening. The three products are multi-state-approved and extremely effective biological crop protection solutions for clean […]
Top 100 pesticide companies in China revealed
The top 100 national pesticide sales 2017 was unveiled during the Chinese Pesticide Business Operation Analysis meeting held last month, where Hailir Pesticides and Chemicals Group ranked 27th, 13 places up compared to its 40th ranking in 2016. Such a performance is not achieved just by chance. It is a reflection of the synergistic […]
Lawsuit seeks to force US EPA to curb risks from pesticide Malathion
Conservation and public health groups are taking legal action against the Trump administration and Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt for failing to protect endangered wildlife and the environment from the pesticide malathion. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that the EPA and the US Fish […]
GoBuyChem shapes successful partnerships at Fecc Annual Congress
GoBuyChem is heading to Nice this week for the Fecc Annual Congress – and just like the theme of the conference, the team will be looking to “shape successful partnerships” too. With the event highlighting the importance of adding value to the supply chain, GoBuyChem is confident its new white labelling initiative will do just […]
Chemoxy invests in distillation capacity
Chemoxy has successfully completed the upgrade of one of its busiest plants on the Middlesbrough Site (in the UK). Plant 6.1 provides the platform for a number of key custom manufacturing processes including desalination, solvent recovery, aqueous stream treatment and esterification. As 2017 unfolded Chemoxy saw the demand for these processes increase across the board […]
Hitachi Chemical signs deal with Silatronix for electrolyte materials
Hitachi Chemical Co and Silatronix have entered into a licensing agreement concerning the manufacturing, sales and use of Silatronix’s patented organosilicon compounds for use as electrolyte materials. By combining electrolyte using Silatronix’s organosilicon compounds as an additive with Hitachi Chemical’s anode materials for lithium ion batteries, it will become possible to lengthen the life of […]
INEOS Oxide to build new ethylidene norbornene (ENB) plant
INEOS has launched a feasibility study as it plans to build a new world-scale ENB production unit. This would represent a second ENB asset for INEOS joining the existing production unit in Antwerp Belgium, itself the subject of a recently announced capacity expansion due to be complete by late 2019. A number of locations in […]