Fine and speciality chemicals – Page 13
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BusinessChemical plant workers’ month-long strike
Momentive Performance Materials has drafted temporary contractors in dispute over benefits
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FeaturePersonalised skincare
Nina Notman explores some of the latest scientific approaches skincare companies are using in the quest to develop high-earning anti-ageing cosmetics
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BusinessLinde to cut costs and jobs
German industrial gas giant to restructure to save €550 million a year from 2019
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NewsMOFs offer safer toxic gas storage
Start-up’s gas cylinders allows sub-atmospheric storage of hazardous gases like arsine used in semiconductor processing
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BusinessSC Johnson revisits its use of galaxolide
Concerns of environmental and health groups leads firm to review scientific data on the fragrance chemical
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FeatureSmarter smells
After years of research, the flavour and fragrance industry is increasingly turning to biotechnology for commercial production, as Emma Davies reports
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NewsWax pills for safe and simple olefin metathesis hit the market
Capsules preserve air-sensitive chemicals and forego need for glove boxes
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BusinessLanxess to buy Chemtura for additives
€2.4 billion deal brings lubricant additives and flame retardants expertise and expands North American operations
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BusinessIneos lands first US shale gas in UK
Massive tankers create a ‘virtual pipeline’ bringing feedstock to replace dwindling domestic supplies
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BusinessJoined-up thinking
The rift between contract medicinal chemistry and chemical development needs to be bridged
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BusinessRohm and Haas fined for safety violations
Fines relate to a trimethylaluminium explosion that injured four in January
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BusinessFibrant to quit US operations
Caprolactam supplier will shed hundreds of jobs, while operations in Europe and China continue
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BusinessArkema boosts Bostik adhesives
New adhesives plant in Sweden and acquisition of Dutch firm Den Braven
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BusinessHenkel to buy detergent maker Sun Products
€3.2bn deal boosts Henkel’s position in North American laundry care market
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BusinessDow to cut 2500 jobs in Corning merger
Firm will close silicones manufacturing plants in North Carolina and Japan as it absorbs former joint venture
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BusinessBASF boosts coatings with Chemetall buyout
$3.2bn purchase from Albemarle continues BASF’s efforts to expand and refocus its coatings division
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BusinessMetals boss admits illegal export plot
Global Metallurgy chief conspired to export restricted metals to Iran
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BusinessWestlake Chemical to buy rival Axiall
US chemical manufacturer Axiall acquired by Westlake Chemical for $3.8 billion, after its earlier bid was rejected
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NewsAkzoNobel sponsors colour garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Display celebrates plants that have been used historically to make dyes, and highlights a new project to capture nature’s structural colours in paint
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Business
Honeywell spins off resins and chemicals unit
‘AdvanSix’ will separate by early 2017 and produce nylon, fertiliser and various chemical intermediates