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September 26, 2008
BASF says it will slash production of polystyrene (PS) in Europe by 25% from October 1. “The reason for this step is the diminished demand for the standard plastic PS, a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-to-Cut-Polystyrene-Production-by-25-percent-in-Europe_14459.html September 25, 2008
The European Union’s (EU) proposal to auction off greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions permits for the next phase of the region’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2013 through...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Germany-to-Defend-Energy-Intensive-Industries-from-EU-Emissions-Trading-Costs-update_14401.html September 24, 2008
I ended up working in the biosciences sector because......http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/THE-5-MINUTE-INTERVIEW-Steen-Riisgaard-CEO-of-Novozymes_9243.html September 24, 2008
Chemists at Newcastle University (Newcastle, U.K.) say they are progressing “extremely well” and may now be about four years from commercializing an energy-efficient...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Chemical-Alternative-to-Carbon-Capture-and-Storage-Emerges-from-U-K-Lab_14399.html September 23, 2008
Iran's petroleum minister Gholam Hossein Nozari has appointed Adel Nejadsalim as the new managing director of the National Petrochemical Co., local reports say...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Iran-Names-New-NPC-Head_14366.html September 22, 2008
The publication last week of a list of more than 200 chemicals identified as being substances of very high concern (SVHC) by environmental group ChemSec (Gothenburg, Sweden) has sent a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Reach-Blacklist-of-200-Chemicals-Sparks-Substitution-Concerns_14323.html September 19, 2008
BASF says from October 1 it will slash production of polystyrene (PS) in Europe by 25%. “The reason for this step is the diminished demand for the standard plastic PS, a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-to-Cut-EU-Polystyrene-Production-by-25-percent-_14295.html September 19, 2008
Shell has signed new biofuel research agreements with six academic institutions in Brazil, China, U.K. and U.S. The company says the projects will complement its existing partnerships...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Shell-Forms-Six-Biofuel-Research-Agreements_14282.html September 19, 2008
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says as of September 15 it had received 352,641 pre-registration applications for its Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Reach-Pre-Registration-Applications-Top-350000_14294.html September 17, 2008
ChemSec (Gothenburg, Sweden), a nongovernmental organization (NGO), has published SIN list 1.0, a list of 220 chemicals that, based on scientific data, it is proposing should be banned...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/More-than-200-Chemicals-Appear-on-NGO-Reach-Blacklist_14256.html September 17, 2008
DSM says it will boost capacity of its Claryl picture glass by 50% at its Geleen, the Netherlands facility. The additional capacity is due online this month. “Although the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/DSM-Increases-Glass-Capacity_14258.html September 17, 2008
Lanxess says it will invest about €35 million ($49.4 million) to boost caprolactam capacity by 10%, to 220,000 m.t./year by 2010, at its Antwerp facility. The investment will also...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Lanxess-to-Boost-Caprolactam-Capacity-Details-Further-Growth-Plans_14257.html September 15, 2008
Bayer CropScience says its growth strategy is based on a strong product development pipeline designed to meet fast-growing market demand. The company detailed the strategy at a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Bayer-CropScience-Basks-in-Strong-Markets_14183.html September 12, 2008
About 300 firefighters from France and the U.K. this morning extinguished a chemical truck fire that had been burning for 16 hours deep inside the 31-mile Channel Tunnel. The undersea...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Phenol-Fire-Closes-Channel-Tunnel_14153.html September 12, 2008
The coveted position of most environmentally sustainable chemical company in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) has been secured by BASF. The position had been held...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-Ousts-Akzo-Nobel-from-Position-as-Most-Sustainable-Chemical-Firm_14135.html September 11, 2008
A survey commissioned by the European Union (EU) published today has found that 76% of citizens in the region think that not enough is being done by corporations and industry to combat...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/SURVEY-76-percent-of-Europeans-Say-Industry-Not-Doing-Enough-to-Tackle-Climate-Change_14138.html September 10, 2008
Why do our bodies have mass? Why is only 4% of the universe made up of matter and why doesn’t the other 96% have mass? These are the fundamental questions-among...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Worlds-Largest-Scientific-Experiment-Underway_14121.html September 10, 2008
The establishment of a global biofuels industry “will be much more difficult to achieve than originally thought,” according to a study published this week by consulting...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/STUDY-Creation-of-Biofuels-Industry-"Far-More-Difficult"-than-Anticipated_14107.html September 8, 2008
Ciba Specialty Chemicals has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with masterbatch producer Astra Polymers (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia) to sell customer-specific antioxidant blends...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Ciba-Forms-Mideast-Plastics-Additive-Joint-Venture_14033.html September 8, 2008
BASF has provided additional details on plans to expand the scope of its previously announced styrenics divestment (CW, Aug. 25, p. 13). The company says it will add copolymers to the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-to-Divest-Styrenics-as-a-Global-Unit_14034.html |
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