On 27th April 2018, Syngenta released the following statement (https://www.syngenta.com/media/media-releases/yr-2018/27-04-2018) in response to the EU’s decision to support further restrictions of neonicotinoids (the pesticides controversially blamed for harming pollinators such as bees). Today’s decision by Member States to back the Commission’s proposal for further restrictions of neonicotinoids is disappointing, but not unexpected. Syngenta does not […]
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Nano-scale coating for high-efficiency solar cells
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a nano-scale coating for solar cells that enables them to absorb about 20% more sunlight than uncoated devices. Applied with a technique that could be incorporated into manufacturing, it opens a new path for developing low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells with abundant, renewable and […]
VELOX to exhibit at PLAST Milan with new high-performance solutions
VELOX GmbH, one of Europe’s leading distributors of raw material specialties and solutions provider for the plastics, composites, additives, rubber and paints & coatings industries, will exhibit at PLAST 2018, the international exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries, taking place in Milan, Italy from 29 May to 1 June 2018. VELOX and its partners […]
Ardian’s Italmatch buys Afton’s MWF business
Italmatch Chemicals, a global specialty chemical group leader in the production and marketing of industrial lubricants, performance additives for water & process treatment, oil & gas and plastics, entered into an agreement with Afton Chemical, a global leader in the lubricant and fuel additive market, for the acquisition of Afton’s metalworking fluid business (former Polartech). […]
WuXi STA to build new R&D center in Shanghai
STA Pharmaceutical Co, a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec (WuXi STA), announces that it has signed an investment agreement with the government of Shanghai, Jinshan District to build a new R&D center. The new facility will further strengthen WuXi STA’s global leading pharmaceutical development and manufacturing platform, enabling drug developers to accelerate their projects from preclinical […]
DowDuPont to launch Lumisena in Canada by 2019
Growers will soon have a powerful new tool to protect against Phytophthora root rot and downy mildew. Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, recently announced that the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) in Canada has granted approval for the registration of Lumisena fungicide seed treatment (oxathiapiprolin). “Lumisena is designed to help soybean growers get […]
Sapec Agro Italia presents ALMADA fungicide
Sapec Agro Italia presents in Italy its dimethomorph-based fungicide product line, ALMADA. The ALMADA family consists of unique and innovative blends and solutions for the farmers who seek reliability, safety and productivity of their crop. ALMADA 50 SC (dimethomorph): the flexible anti-peronospora with the widest label on the market. ALMADA MZ (dimethomorph and […]
Saltigo to focus more on opportunities in India
Saltigo, a subsidiary of specialty chemicals company LANXESS, presented its comprehensive expertise and longstanding experience as a custom manufacturing service provider and producer of multi-customer products at Chemspec India 2018, which was held in Mumbai this week. “We are aligned with our business targets and are working towards expanding our activities in the pharmaceutical […]
BMS launches new biologics discovery facility
Bristol-Myers Squibb is launching operations at the newest building to its Redwood City research and development campus in California, USA. The newly-opened site is to serve as Bristol-Myers Squibb’s biologics discovery centre, focusing primarily on cancer-immunotherapies, which manipulate the immune system so that the body’s own defensive network recognizes and attacks tumours. The expansion adds […]
BASF’s innovative protection for wastewater plants and harsh chemical environments
With MasterSeal 7000 CR from Master Builders Solutions BASF announces an innovation to protect concrete and steel structures in extreme wastewater environments. It builds on the company’s new technology Xolutec and uniquely combines application with performance properties to meet the challenges in aggressive wastewater environments. “Our novel Xolutec, technology was developed to solve the problems […]