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Arkema to expand its global bis-peroxide capacity
Arkema says it will debottleneck bis-peroxide capacity at both its Spinetta, Italy, and Franklin, VA plants by 15%. Neither the existing capacity, nor the amount of the investment were disclosed. Arkema is one of the main manufacturers of...

Codexis and Chemtex begin production of cellulosic detergent alcohols
Codexis and Chemtex (Tortona, Italy), a chemical engineering and renewable technology firm, announced it has successfully started production of their newly developed cellulosic detergent alcohols. The companies began production at a 1,500-liter demonstration...

BASF Coatings opens refinish competence center in Italy
BASF Coatings has opened a new training center for automotive refinishing at Cesano Maderno, Italy. The new refinish competence center will offer customers an opportunity to learn, practice, and fully master the use of BASF´s automotive refinish...

Solvay to close soda ash plant in Portugal, reduce costs by €100 million
Solvay plans to rationalize its European soda ash operations in order to improve its long-term profitability, the company announced today. Solvay signalled last year that it is working on an action plan to make the business profitable, particularly in Europe...

EFSA: EU neonicotinoid conclusions not affected by UK study on bumble bees
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA; Parma, Italy) has identified what it says are several weaknesses in a study published by the UK Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA); the study suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides do not have...

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