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January 30, 2012
Biotech has been in the news this week with innovation deals and developments including those that emerged at The Biobased Chemicals Summit held in San Diego this past week was the...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Jan-30_40885.html January 20, 2012
The development of new technologies in the biomaterials space arguably is moving ahead more rapidly than any other sector in the chemicals industry. I say arguably because the...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Jan-20_40665.html January 16, 2012
This past week has seen a raft of alternative energy technology developments in both the battery and fuel cell fields. BASF made another step forward in its quest to be the...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-Round-up-Jan-13_40452.html December 15, 2011
Innovation was at the heart of discussions at the hugely successful closing ceremony for the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) which took place earlier this...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Dec-15_39796.html December 14, 2011
Oh no it’s not. Don't think for one minute that the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) has been pushed off into the long grass. The legacy of IYC is set to continue well...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/The-End-of-the-International-Year-of-Chemistry_39462.html November 25, 2011
Well a Happy ThanksGiving Week from Chemical Week, Arguably, one of the most important stories of the past few days is the news that the bubble finally seems to have burst on...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-up-Nov-25_39345.html November 25, 2011
The big news this week is BASF's plan to spend €100 million ($133 million) in the next five years on R&D in battery technology for vehicles. The company from January 1, 2012...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/CWs-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Nov-25_39342.html November 18, 2011
The new wave of biomaterial tech firms is already incoming; The big innovation news this week is that start-up BioAmber took a commercial step forward with its IPO. As an observer...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-Round-up-Nov-18_39178.html November 4, 2011
Ron Gerard, Huntsman's corporate sustainability officer tells CW this week that Huntsman is reorienting its R&D toward sustainable chemistries. The company unveiled a series...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Nov-4_38882.html November 4, 2011
One of the big talking points at CPhI Worldwide, the largest expo in the world for pharmaceutical ingredients, which ran last week in Frankfurt, was around the concept of quality. The...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Pharmaceuticals-Quality-Not-Tech-Capability-Takes-Center-Stage_38792.html November 4, 2011
Thomas: Plastics from CO2. Lohec: Pragmatic approach. Van Beurden: Big in biofuel. Hawkins: Collaboration is key. Leading chemical makers continue to save costs through...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Sustainability-Focus-Shifts-from-Cost-Reduction-to-Profit-Optimization_38616.html October 21, 2011
The key technology/innovation news this week is the European Commission's publication of a definition of a nanomaterial as "a natural, incidental or manufactured...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Innovation-News-Round-up-Oct-21_38462.html October 14, 2011
Shell Chemical detailed some of the jewels in its technology development program this week in a briefing to journalists at its technology center in Amsterdam. One of the technologies...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-Round-up-Oct-14_38309.html October 7, 2011
Neil Hawkins, Dow Chemical's v.p./sustainability and environment, health and safety for Dow Chemical in an opinion piece this week for CW explains how collaboration in R&D is no...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/CWs-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Oct-7_38163.html September 23, 2011
Some interesting new technologies have come to light this week, although the key story and something that could have a significant impact on the world stage across the chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Sept-23_37764.html September 16, 2011
Innovation news this week is dominated by DuPont’s $919.9 million award in damages in a lawsuit against Kolon Industries (Gyeonggi-Do, Korea) over the theft of trade secrets and...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Innovation-News-Round-up-September-2_37648.html September 22, 2011
SAFC, the custom fine chemical manufacturing arm of Sigma-Aldrich Corp., is targeting sales from organic growth of $1 billion/year in the next four years. SAFC generated sales in 2010...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Fine-Chemicals-SAFC-Targets-$1-Billion-Sales-Boosts-its-Offering-with-video_37621.html September 2, 2011
The scarcity of rare earth elements - many of which are sourced in China - was already a concern for chemical companies, but now is more so following the news that the Chinese...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-up-Sept-2_37361.html September 2, 2011
A broad range of innovation news stories have emerged this past week. One of the most interesting developments is that biobased chemical firm BioAmber (Minneapolis)...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Chemical-Industry-Innovation-News-Round-up-September-2-2011_37357.html August 16, 2011
The Dow Chemical Company is convinced that the development of solutions to key global issues such as population growth and sustainability relies on a robust global dialogue between public and private sectors. Based on this premise, on August 16, the company will host a virtual discussion featuring 30 speakers from all sides of the debate. ...http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Alex-Scott/Dow-Pushing-forward-Discussion-on-Chemistry-and-Sustainability_36818.html |
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