BASF further invests in growth field enzymes with three transactions

17-05-2013

With three separate transactions, BASF has strengthened its technology footprint in industrial enzymes, one of BASF’s identified growth fields: BASF has completed the acquisition of Henkel’s detergents enzyme technology. Additionally, BASF has entered into a research and license agreement ...

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17-05-2013

The Lewabrane membrane elements manufactured by LANXESS for water treatment using reverse osmosis comply with the “NSF/ANSI Standard 61” for health-related implications of drinking water system components. The U.S. National Sanitation Foundation (NSF International) has certified that all ...

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16-05-2013

OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. (OPXBIO) and Evonik Industries AG announced the two companies have entered into an agreement to jointly develop certain bio-based specialty chemicals. The joint-development agreement signed May 3rd 2013 calls for OPXBIO to use its proprietary EDGE™ (Efficiency ...

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15-05-2013

During the first six months of fiscal year 2012/13 the business trend in the ZEISS Group was marked by the difficult conditions experienced in some markets. Nevertheless, the Group concluded the first half of the year (ended 31 March) with revenue totaling EUR 1.978 billion (first six months ...

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15-05-2013

“Merck got off to a solid and profitable start in 2013 with all four divisions contributing to our organic sales growth. In addition, we are making excellent progress on our ‘Fit for 2018’ program. This can clearly be seen in the 19% increase in EBITDA pre one-time items,” said Karl-Ludwig ...

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14-05-2013

Global demand for expandable polystyrene (EPS) in the construction and packaging industries will slow down, but continues to increase. Important factors are the recovery of the construction sector after the financial and economic crisis in 2008/09, state-funded programs to improve energy ...

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German Federal Ministry of Education and Research sponsors a subproject to develop innovative electrolytes for solar cells

14-05-2013

Merck announced the start of a project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to develop high-efficiency cobalt-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The project COBRA (organic cobalt-based low-cost printable large-area photovoltaics) will run for three ...

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13-05-2013

Peter-Alexander Wacker remains at the helm of Wacker Chemie AG’s Supervisory Board. The Board unanimously elected the 62-year-old entrepreneur as its chairman at its constituent session, held directly after the 2013 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. In a speech to some 1,000 shareholders, Rudolf ...

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13-05-2013

BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using the patented process of Genomatica, San Diego, California. The one-step fermentation process is based on sugars as a renewable feedstock. The license agreement allows BASF to build a ...

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Completion of the plant is scheduled for the end of 2015

13-05-2013

Evonik Industries has started basic engineering for a production plant for precipitated silica in Brazil. Subject to the approval of the responsible bodies, Evonik aims to complete the plant in the year 2015 to market precipitated silica in the South America region from local production. The ...

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