Alpharetta, Ga, 14-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay, a leading global supplier of high-performance specialty polymers, reported today that Dacon Systems, an industry leader in manufacturing custom wire and cable, is increasingly specifying KetaSpire® KT-851 NT polyetheretherketone (PEEK) as an insulator for … Read the full press release
Solvay and Mubadala create joint venture in UAE to expand 777X supply Brussels, Seattle, Abu Dhabi, 13-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay and Mubadala Development Company, the Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company, are further strengthening their solid strategic relationship with … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 13-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay has decided to cease investments in the production of torrefied biomass through its Solvay Biomass Energy (SBE) joint venture with U.S. company New Biomass Holding as market developments have been lagging behind expectations and are … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Chemicals, Investment, Management
Tagged Biomass, production of torrefied biomass, SBE, Solvay, Solvay Biomass Energy
By means of thin plastic films chemists from the Netherlands and Germany managed to use sunlight more efficiently. BERLIN, 13-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A team of researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in the Netherlands have … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Education, Germany, Netherlands, Science
Tagged Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, plastic films, sunlight, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
VIENNA, 29-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has announced the donation of AED 1 million to the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) to support refugee relief efforts in … Read the full press release
30% more traction than aramid belts Simple replacement creates higher Performance Hanover, 10-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Conti Drive System (CDS), the belt drive from Continental for bicycles and pedelecs, will be delivered with a carbon belt as standard from now … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Chemicals, Germany
Tagged carbon belt, Continental, The Conti Drive System
Płock, Poland, 09-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — PKN ORLEN has completed the EUR 750m Eurobonds issue. The Company’s debt securities with an annual coupon of 2.5% have been ranked high by Fitch Ratings (BBB-) and by Moody’s Investors (Baa3). The issue of … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Investment, Poland
Tagged Eurobonds issue, PKN ORLEN
Litvínov, Czech Republic, 09-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (07-06-2016), Unipetrol, a strategic subsidiary of the ORLEN Group, has officially launched the construction of a new polyethylene unit (PE3) in its Czech production facility in Litvínov. The cornerstone laying ceremony was attended by … Read the full press release
Colombes, France, 08-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Arkema steps up its collaboration with Puma by fitting the Pebax® technology in the latest evoPOWER and evoSPEED soccer shoes. Ahead of the EURO 2016 and Copa America 2016 tournaments, Puma has unveiled its new … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, France, Sports, Technology
Tagged Arkema, Arkema's Pebax® technology, evoPOWER, evoSPEED, PUMA, soccer shoes
BASF supports designers in Asia Pacific with new designfabrik® Platform helps bring innovative design ideas to life Ludwigshafen, Germany, 03-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF is connecting with designers in Asia Pacific at a new regional platform for design activities, located … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Germany, Technology
Tagged Andy Postlethwaite, BASF, designfabrik®, Dr. Harald Lauke, Eva von Traitteur
LIVERPOOL, 20-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Matthew Rosseinsky from the Department of Chemistry has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. His grant is one of five ERC grants awarded to the University in 2015. ERC schemes, which are … Read the full press release
Cikarang, Indonesia, 18-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AkzoNobel has completed phase one of the €2.5 million expansion of its performance coatings plant in Cikarang, Indonesia. The investment will increase capacity at the facility by 40 percent and will help the company meet … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Industrial, Netherlands
Tagged AkzoNobel, Mauricio Bannwart, Oscar Wezenbeek, performance coatings plant
Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development. HELSINKI, 13-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will cooperate … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Finland
Tagged bio-based chemicals, Juan Carlos Bueno, Rennovia Inc, Robert Wedinger, Stora Enso
Fife, Scotland, 12-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Two University of St Andrews chemists have won prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry awards. Professor Ifor Samuel is the winner of the Society’s Chemical Dynamics Award for 2016 and Dr Catherine Cazin is the Chemistry of Transition … Read the full press release
Sales up by 14 % at local currency Satisfactory growth in both segments EBITDAN increase by 6 % to € 158 million Profitability remains strong, with EBITDAN margin of 21.7 % Holzminden, Germany, 11-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The fiscal year 2016 … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Germany, Investment, Management
Tagged Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram, Symrise AG
At the 26th conference of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA), WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, is presenting three new silicone adhesives: SILPURAN® 2114, SILPURAN® 2122 and SILPURAN® 2142. These silicone gels, which were unveiled at the SAWC show in … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Germany, Marketing
Tagged European Wound Management Association, EWMA, silicone adhesives, WACKER
VIENNA, 04-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has signed a contract with Navigator Gas for the long-term time charter of the vessel Navigator Aurora. The naming ceremony … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Borealis, Navigator Gas, vessel Navigator Aurora
VIENNA, 03-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, and Webster Vienna Private University, the Vienna Campus of the worldwide Webster University network, announce the establishment of the Borealis … Read the full press release
OSLO, 03-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Through its wholly owned subsidiary Orkla House Care Norge AS, Orkla has entered into an agreement to purchase L.G. Harris & Co. Limited (“Harris”), a leading supplier of Do-It-Yourself painting tools in the UK. With this … Read the full press release
Education is the key to integration Düsseldorf, GERMANY, 27-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel is starting an extensive refugee’s integration program in its vocational training center. In collaboration with external partners and public authorities, the company is offering career guidance and … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Germany, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Dr. Loert de Riese-Meyer, extensive refugee’s integration program, Henkel
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