26-01-2010

DuPont has applied to regulatory authorities in the European Union, represented by the U.K., as well as Canada and the U.S. for registration of two new crop protection disease control products. These countries will conduct a joint review as part of an Organization for Economic Cooperation ...

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More than €100 million invested in Ludwigshafen

01-12-2009

After a two-year construction phase, BASF started up a new plant complex for the production of the chemical intermediates cyclopentanone (CPon) and cyclododecanone (CDon) at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site. The company has invested more than €100 million euros in the facility, which has a total ...

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27-11-2009

Bayer CropScience and GVK Biosciences Private Limited (GVK BIO), Hyderabad, India, have entered into a research cooperation in the area of early discovery chemistry. The objective is to speed up the search for promising active ingredients for innovative crop protection products. Under the ...

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LANXESS subsidiary wins “Agrow Award 2009”

17-11-2009

Saltigo GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of LANXESS, has been rated as “Best Supplier” by the “Agrow” trade journal for the second time in succession and won against a strong competition from India, China and Europe. A panel of judges comprising eleven internationally recognized experts from ...

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11-08-2009

Devgen nv and Dogal A.S. announced the approval by the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkey to sell its nematicide product in Turkey for use on tomato and cucumber grown under protective cover. Devgen nv and Dogal A.S. are immediately starting the commercial launch of Devguard® through a ...

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01-07-2009

DuPont announced it sold its linuron herbicide assets to Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. (TKI). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “As part of our strategy to continually renew and revitalize our crop protection portfolio, DuPont uses select, strategic divestitures of niche ...

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Capacity increase and process optimization possible without interrupting production or limiting supply volumes

05-06-2009

Saltigo GmbH has succeeded in more than doubling capacity for five intermediates and two active ingredients for several agrochemical companies without needing to halt or interrupt the production process in any way. For three of these projects, higher volumes were achieved by implementing ...

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Restructuring and efficiency programs accelerated

22-01-2009

BASF’s global business declined significantly in December 2008. In all regions, demand for chemical products has not picked up in the first half of January and customers are continuing to destock. BASF’s chairman, Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, currently sees no signs of a turnaround: “The situation ...

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Pharmaceutical pipeline is well filled, with 50 projects currently in phases I to III of clinical testing

16-12-2008

The Bayer Group is to further expand its research and development activities despite the current financial and economic crisis. “The task now is to set the right course. Only through innovation can our company generate the growth that is essential to safeguard its sustained success,” said ...

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17-10-2008

Eggert Voscherau has been named the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SCHOTT AG, Mainz. The Supervisory Board unanimously selected the former BASF manager to succeed his predecessor, Tilman Todenhöfer, effective immediately. Voscherau will also take over as Chairman of the Board of ...

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