15 new and pipeline products in crop protection: peak sales over $6 billion Trait revenue set to more than double; expanded pipeline Highest R&D productivity in the industry Stein, Switzerland, 17-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — At its research facility in Stein, Switzerland, Syngenta … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Chemicals, Science, Switzerland
Tagged chemistry, seeds and traits, Syngenta
AkzoNobel’s influential annual global study of color trends has been launched, with a shade of gold being unveiled as Color of the Year for 2016. AMSTERDAM, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — An appropriate color for an Olympic year, it was chosen … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Netherlands
Tagged AkzoNobel, color trends study, gold is Color of the Year for 2016, Ruud Joosten
AkzoNobel has signed a multi-year agreement to purchase sustainably generated steam from Dutch energy provider Eneco. The partnership will help to reduce the company’s CO2 emissions by more than 100,000 tons a year. AMSTERDAM, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The agreement became … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Netherlands
Tagged AkzoNobel, Dutch energy provider, Eneco, Hugo Buis, Knut Schwalenberg, sustainably generated steam
More than EUR 300 million have been invested by Slovnaft in the new production unit and its components Low density polyethylene production capacity will reach 220,000 tons per annum The contractor was a Maire Tecnimont Group, Italy After successful technology … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Investment, Slovakia
Tagged Alfred Talke, Fabrizio Di Amato, LDPE4, Miroslav Obert, MOL Group, Oszkár Világi, production of low density polyethylene, Slovnaft
BRUSSELS, 10-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay has appointed Nicolas Cudré-Mauroux as Group Research & Innovation General Manager. Nicolas Cudré-Mauroux joins Solvay from DuPont where he began his international career in 1988 as a researcher in the United States. Subsequent positions he … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Chemicals, Management
Tagged Nicolas Cudré-Mauroux, Solvay
Lysaker, Norway, 8-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ocean Yield ASA is pleased to announce the delivery of the 37,000 dwt IMO II chemical tanker “Navig8 Azotic” from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Korea. After being delivered from the shipyard today, the vessel commenced a 15 … Read the full press release
Delft, Netherlands, 7-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A team of researchers at Delft University of Technology has shown that synthetic materials can change into active materials if they are supplied with fuel. The underlying process, the so-called self-assembly of molecules, is an … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Education, Netherlands, Science
Tagged Delft University of Technology, Dr Rienk Eelkema, Oil tanker, Prof Jan van Esch, robotics, synthetic materials
Düsseldorf, 26-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel today presented its “Laundry & Home Care Research Award 2015” to Dr. Leonardo Chiappisi for his outstanding research work at the Technical University of Berlin. The award also carries a prize of 3,000 euros. … Read the full press release
Focus on innovative and efficient solutions to address growing water treatment needs for the desalination industry Connect with BASF experts at booth 1341 and discover the latest product developments and desalination market trends Ludwigshafen, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — At booth … Read the full press release
WICHITA, Kansas (U.S.) / KASSEL (Germany), 18-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Koch Fertilizer Trading Sarl, an affiliate of Koch Fertilizer, LLC, and K+S North America Corporation (K+S), a fully owned subsidiary of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, have signed an exclusive master supply agreement … Read the full press release
Outstanding performance in the Salt Business Higher average prices in the Potash and Magnesium Products business unit Operating earnings (EBIT I) up 32 % to € 496 million ‘Fit for the Future’ delivers expected results Legacy Project still on schedule … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Germany, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Dr. Burkhard Lohr, K+S, Norbert Steiner
Sales: +13.5% to 4,695 million euros (organic: +2.4%) Operating profit*: +14.0% to 768 million euros EBIT margin*: +0.1 percentage points to 16.4% Earnings per preferred share* (EPS): +11.2% to 1.29 euros Strong organic sales growth in emerging markets: +5.1% Düsseldorf … Read the full press release
LONDON, 12-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In its final report published today, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded the merger could lead to a substantial lessening in competition making customers buying these products in grocery retailers and national pharmacy … Read the full press release
Shell has signed an agreement to sell its 75% stake in Tongyi Lubricants in China to Huo’s Group and The Carlyle Group. The transaction is expected to complete by late 2015 or early 2016, subject to regulatory approvals. THE HAGUE, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Chemicals, Management, Netherlands
Tagged Huo’s Group, Shell, The Carlyle Group, Tongyi Lubricants
Perfect fit with Solvay’s strategy focused on sustainability and value Propels Solvay to world’s second largest player in aerospace composite materials Accelerates growth of Advanced Materials with major push into composites Reinforces Advanced Formulations with the world’s number one mining … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Management
Tagged Cytec, Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Shane Fleming, Solvay
BRUSSELS, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay’s GBU Special Chem has launched a partnership with one of the world’s leading electronics producers, under which Solvay will build a high volume High Purity H2O2 plant in Italy to meet the fast growing demand … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Chemicals, Industrial, Italy
Tagged high volume High Purity H2O2 plant, Solvay, Steve Dobson
BRUSSELS, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay has begun production at its new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant in Changshu, China, as part of its ongoing strategic site expansion, to meet booming demand for its specialty polymers from Asia’s fast-growing automotive industry and multiple … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Industrial, Management
Tagged Augusto Di Donfrancesco, fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant, Solvay
Brussels, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay announces today its intention to end the production of So-dium Percarbonate in Rosignano, Italy, by the end of the first quarter of 2016 at the latest. The main reason is the further decrease of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Italy, Management
Tagged production of So-dium Percarbonate in Rosignano Italy, Solvay
TEL AVIV, Israel, 30-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 1964 Professor Raphael Mechoulam was on a public bus carrying 5 kilos of premium Lebanese hashish in a plastic bag to his laboratory at the Weitzmann Institute in Rehovot. That noticeably fragrant … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Healthcare, Media, News, Non Profit, Science, Society
Tagged anandamide, biology, cannabinoids, CBD, chemistry, documentary, endocannabinoid system, Israel, medical marijuana, medicinal cannabis, Prescribed Grass, Professor Raphael Mechoulam, Raphael Mechoulam, THC, The Scientist, world’s most misunderstood plant, Zach Klein
Ad hoc notification pursuant to § 15 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz) Wiesbaden, 24-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — SGL Group today concluded an agreement with Toronto-listed Avcorp Industries Inc. (Canada) on the sale of our subsidiary HITCO’s (HITCO Carbon … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Management
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