http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:03:16 EDT ECHA has published a statement calling on Reach applicants to “reflect upon their pre-registration strategy” and not to unnecessarily pre-register chemical substances. ECHA’s... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14664.html Tue, 7 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Crotty: Boosting Grangemouth site. Ineos is consulting with employees on the possible closure of the smaller of its two ethylene plants at Grangemouth, U.K. Ineos aims to make a decision in... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14597.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Ultrasonic process technology company Prosonix (Oxford, U.K.) says its Prosonitron reactor and sonocrystallization process technology has been selected by Pfizer for the pharma group’s... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14625.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The company expects to make a final decision next year.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14508.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG; Brussels) and the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council of Europe (IPEC Europe; Brussels) say they have developed a proposal for a... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14536.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lonza says it has entered into a co-exclusive global manufacturing, sales and distribution agreement with biopharmaceutical company Crucell (Leiden, Netherlands) for Permexcis, a cell culture... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14412.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 process for... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14399.html Wed, 24 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The board of Lucite International (Southampton, U.K.) has appointed Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank to examine and advise on “strategic options,” including a possible sale of the... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14174.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 tunnel... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14153.html Fri, 12 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Close Brothers Private Equity (CBPE) says it has backed a management buyout (MBO) of Warwick International (Mostyn, U.K.) from Sequa Corp. (New York), in a deal worth £129 million ($235.3... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/14035.html Mon, 8 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT