Blue Spoon Releases White Paper on Systems Marketing

An Accelerated Approach to Evolving New Marketing Capabilities

10-May-2005 - Blue Spoon Consulting Group, LLC, announced the release of its white paper, Systems Marketing: A New Model of Pharmaceutical Marketing. The paper applies general systems theory to marketing, defining competitive strategy in new ways, introducing the concept of adaptive tactical systems as a ...

IDBS acquires DAT-LABTM and leads the way to the next generation ELN

10-May-2005 - IDBS announced that it has acquired the assets of privately held Deffinity Solutions Ltd, based in Portsmouth, UK. Deffinity Solutions is a provider of compliant workflow software, including DAT-LABTM, an innovative and extensible next generation electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) that can be ...

Merck KGaA: Refinancing of EUR 1 Billion Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility

10-May-2005 - Merck KGaA announced that it has signed a refinancing of its EUR 1.0 billion credit facility with a group of leading international banks. The seven-year Multi-Currency Revolving Credit Facility provides the German pharmaceutical and chemical group with better economic and contractual terms versus ...

More hydrogen for Cognis, Germany, with an extended contract

10-May-2005 - Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and Air Liquide have recently renewed and enlarged their existing contract for the supply of gaseous hydrogen by pipeline. From 2006, the quantity delivered to the customer's site at Düsseldorf-Holthausen will almost be doubled. The new contract is valid for 15 ...

Success with gas scrubbing technology in Thailand

First natural gas separation plant in Thailand to use aMDEA

09-May-2005 - A natural gas separation plant which removes carbon dioxide (CO2) using BASF's activated methyldiethanolamine process (aMDEA®) was recently brought on stream by PTT Public Company Limited (Petroleum Authorities of Thailand). It marks the first application of this BASF process in Thailand. The ...

Bayer Honors Top 13 Suppliers

09-May-2005 - Bayer Corporation honored its top 13 North American suppliers with the corporation's Look of a Leader Award for 2004 performance. The winners, selected annually, were chosen from among thousands of suppliers that provide Bayer with more than $5 billion in raw materials, services and supplies for ...

CEM Corporation increases revenues

06-May-2005 - CEM Corporation, a leading provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation, announced results for its second fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2005. Revenue for the quarter was $13.4 million, compared to $12.2 million the previous year, a 10% increase. For the six-month period ending March 31, ...

Oxygen Healthcare estimate 50% of all routine chemistry research activity will be carried out offshore in 5 years

06-May-2005 - India has the potential to be the premier destination for conducting chemistry based research for a number of large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies alike. Indeed Oxygen Healthcare estimates that 50% of all standard chemistry research will be carried out off-shore. The dynamics are ...

BASF's Vitamin Produktionsanlage als "Überlegen" eingestuft

04-May-2005 - Die Calpan Produktionsanlage der BASF in Ludwigshafen wurde im April 2005 durch das American Institute of Baking (AIB) erfolgreich auditiert. Die Auditoren, die einem strengen Inspektionsprotokoll für Lebensmittelsicherheit folgen, bewerteten die Anlage als "überlegen" (910 Punkte). Diese ...

BASF Vitamin Production Plant Rated "Superior" in AIB Audits

04-May-2005 - Last month, the American Institute of Baking (AIB) successfully audited BASF's Calpan plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The auditors, which follow a strict inspection program for food safety, rated BASF's plant with 910 points as "superior". A superior rating is the highest possible classification ...