The discussion about recycling end-of-life vehicles is having major reverberations at present. And, as usual, no one is prepared to bear the costs. The pressure to achieve closed cycles, however, is ...

Solvay (Brussels / Belgium; www.solvay.com) joint venture Vinythai (Bangkok / Thailand; www.vinythai.co.th) plans to invest EUR 155m in a new 100,000 t/y epichlorohydrin plant in Taixing / China. The ...

To serve the ever-important Asia-Pacific region, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS, Leverkusen / Germany; www.bayerbms.com) has recently opened the doors to its newest innovation centre; this one located in ...

Due to the marine and wind energy market’s greatly fluctuating demand for structural foam products since the economic crisis hit in 2008, composite materials manufacturer Gurit (Wattwill / Switzerland ...

The chemical companies DSM (HQ: NL-6401 JH Heerlen) and Amoco (USA) signed a contract under which Amoco will license Amoco/Chisso polypropylene manufacturing technology to DSM for a European plant ...

In a USD 415m stock-and-debt deal, Canada-based multinational automotive supplier Magna International (Aurora, Ontario; www.magnaint.com) plans to acquire Donnelly Corporation (Holland Michigan / USA; ...