BASF announced today a pioneering stir-in pigment for automotive coatings, that provides enhanced colour depth, flop, and sparkle. eXpand! Red (EH 3427), marketed under the Colors & Effects brand, is the first pigment to result from the strategic partnership between BASF and Landa Labs that was established last year. BASF will showcase the pigment at […]
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STK Bio-Ag Technologies names Neal Job USA Business Manager
STK Bio-ag technologie announces the appointment of Neal Job to the position of USA Business Manager. In his new position Neal will be responsible for continuing the successful rollout of TIMOREX GOLD an effective botanical-based biofungicide in the US, which has already been approved by 40 US States, is used in over 30 countries worldwide […]
SABIC opens POM plant in Middle East as part of Vision 2030 growth strategy
SABIC inaugurated the first ever polyacetal (POM) plant in the Middle East and Africa region at its joint venture manufacturing affiliate, The National Methanol Company (Ibn Sina), in Jubail on 4th April, marking another milestone in its growth strategy in the highly competitive global engineering thermoplastics industry. Polyacetal is a semi-crystalline thermoplastic material that has […]
New materials for industrial 3D-printing applications
BASF 3D Printing Solutions is presenting a variety of new materials at the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Conference from April 8 to 12, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri. Together with Essentium Materials, Texas, BASF 3D Printing Solutions is also building up a global distribution network for plastic filaments. Both companies are systematically pooling a […]
Eurofins Agroscience Services appoints new LatAm Director
Eurofins Agroscience Services announced that on April 4th 2018, Marcos de Ferran joined the Group as General Manager Brazil and LATAM Director. This is part of the ongoing Group commitment to strengthen the management team globally. Marcos started his career at Dow Agrosciences in Brazil, gaining invaluable experience in Research and Development before joining SGS in 2008, […]
Hawai’i considers regulation on pesticide usage
A proposed bill in the US state of Hawaii will prohibit the use of a neurotoxin called chlorpyrifos and impose a buffer zone when pesticides are sprayed near schools. The president of Hawaii’s Alliance for Progressive Action, Gary Hooser, says the bill now goes to the House of Representatives for a vote and if approved […]
CPhI South East Asia strengthens ASEAN integration by opening Thailand edition in 2019
CPhI South East Asia – organised by UBM – has announced that from 2019 onwards it will alternate its annual location between the region’s two largest pharma economies, Indonesia and Thailand. In 2019, CPhI South East Asia will take place at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand (12-14 March) before […]
Novartis snaps up AveXis in $8.7bn deal
Novartis is buying US gene therapy group AveXis in a deal valued at $8.7 billion. The Swiss drug giant is expecting the move to expand its position in the gene therapy space, supporting both its ambition to be a leader in neurodegenerative diseases. AveXis’ lead product candidate, AVXS-101, has the potential to become the first-ever […]
NovAliX and Pierre Fabre partner on Natural Fragment Library for product discovery
NovAliX, a trusted provider of expert chemistry and biophysics services with cutting-edge screening techniques, and Pierre Fabre, the second largest dermo-cosmetics laboratory in the world, today announced that they have entered into a partnership to make the Pierre Fabre ‘Natural Fragment Library’ (NFL) available for use in biophysical methods and screening techniques developed and offered […]
Syngenta plans $30M expansion to Nampa facility
Agribusiness giant Syngenta is planning a $30 million expansion to its research and seed production facility in western Idaho. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports the Switzerland-based company announced this week the expansion project that will allow the Nampa facility to accommodate the majority of the company’s corn trait conversion work on the continent. The expansion […]