Startups shaping the future of Europe’s circular economy

Green Alley Award Finalists

03-Apr-2024 - The Green Alley Award, Europe’s first and longest-running award for startups and entrepreneurs pioneering the circular economy, has announced its finalists for 2024. Six startups have been selected from a total of over 300 applications and will pitch at the Green Alley Award finals on April 25, ...

Clever solutions for label and packaging processes in highly regulated industries such as the chemical sector

From idea to independence: BASF incubator Chemovator spins off first employee startup

27-Apr-2021 - BOXLAB Services GmbH is the first startup to celebrate its spin-off from Chemovator in April 2021. There, promising ideas outside of the core business of BASF are developed and build into scalable business models and companies. With the right resources, the necessary freedom and respective ...

Graphene on toast, anyone?

15-Feb-2018 - Rice University scientists who introduced laser-induced graphene (LIG) have enhanced their technique to produce what may become a new class of edible electronics. The Rice lab of chemist James Tour, which once turned Girl Scout cookies into graphene, is investigating ways to write graphene ...

New Webinar Covers OSHA's 2015 GHS Authoring Deadline for Chemical Manufacturers

02-Feb-2015 - MSDSonline announced that it is offering a new webinar to help companies and safety professionals prepare for the June 1, 2015 OSHA/GHS deadline. The deadline is the date by which chemical manufacturers and distributors operating in the United States are required to reclassify their hazardous ...

BMBF Project “Polytos2: Printed Organic Circuits and Memory” successfully completed

04-Sep-2014 - After two years of intense collaboration with nine other consortium partners Merck, the consortium leader, has successfully completed the Polytos2 project funded with a sum of EUR 4.8 million by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF). Within the scope of this project, Merck ...

CLP Regulation: the clock is ticking

16-Jul-2014 - Manufacturers and importers of chemical products have less than one year to implement the requirements of the new CLP Regulation.The transition period for implementing the new classification and labelling of chemical products will expire on 1 June 2015. The new rules will also impact ...

Protecting olive oil from counterfeiters

28-Apr-2014 - Who guarantees that expensive olive oil isn't counterfeit or adulterated? An invisible label, developed by ETH researchers, could perform this task. The tag consists of tiny magnetic DNA particles encapsulated in a silica casing and mixed with the oil. Just a few grams of the new substance are ...

DHL improves shipping of chemical freight

28-Jan-2013 - DHL Global Forwarding introduces a new product for the shipment of bulk non-hazardous liquids. Particularly designed for the chemicals and beverages sectors, the DHL Flexitank overcomes the problems associated with ISO tank containers, IBC totes or drums and offers a more cost effective and ...

ECHA Invites Companies to Get Ready and Notify in Time

15-Sep-2010 - The EU Regulation on Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) places new legal obligations on chemical companies operating in the EU market. By 1 December 2010, they are required to classify and label their hazardous substances according to the CLP rules. Industry has to notify the ...

OSU researchers discover new adhesive for tape, label industry

08-Jul-2010 - An incidental discovery in a wood products lab at Oregon State University has produced a new pressure-sensitive adhesive that may revolutionize the tape industry – an environmentally benign product that works very well and costs much less than existing adhesives based on petrochemicals. The new ...