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Dow and University of Stuttgart Form Research Collaboration

15-May-2001 - The Dow Chemical Company and the University of Stuttgart have announced a long-range collaborative research program targeting the improvement of environmental profiles for some plastics, more sustainable industrial processes and new biocatalytic processes to produce pharmaceuticals. Contingent ...

biocatalysis biochemistry bioprocess +8

Mixed Growth Prospects for Plastics in Food and Beverage Packaging

14-May-2001 - The trends in the European plastic food and beverage packaging market have recently been unveiled in a report by Frost & Sullivan the international marketing consultancy company. The plastics food and beverage packaging continues to show good growth prospects. The main factors driving the market ...

consulting extrusion food +7

Celanese positioned on the path to growth

11-May-2001 - Claudio Sonder: "We want to make Celanese one of the most attractive companies in the chemical industry" "We have made a profit and have positioned Celanese AG on the path to growth. At the same time, we have enhanced value for our shareholders." Claudio Sonder, Celanese AG CEO and chairman ...

acetic acids joint ventures liquid crystals +6

DSM Biologics aims for global leadership position among independent contract manufacturers for the pharmaceutical industry

10-May-2001 - DSM Biologics, a business unit of the DSM Fine Chemicals business group, today brought on stream a new 2,000-litre fermentation unit at its Montreal (Quebec, Canada) site for the preparation of biopharmaceuticals on the basis of cell cultures. This new CAN 9 million unit, which was officially ...

biopharmaceuticals cell cultures clean-rooms +5

NEW SCIENCE, NEW APPLICATIONS ON THE PC USING MSI'S LATEST MATERIALS STUDIO™ RELEASE

10-May-2001 - Molecular Simulations Inc. (MSI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pharmacopeia Inc. (Nasdaq: PCOP), today announced the release of version 1.2 of Materials Studio, the materials modeling and simulation environment for the PC. This version includes completely new software, called Equilibria, ...

bioinformatics chemicals crystallization +4

Great Lakes Names John J. Gallagher CFO

07-May-2001 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced that John J. Gallagher III, formerly Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for UOP LLC, has been named Senior Vice President / Chief Financial Officer of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, effective May 21, 2001. Mark Bulriss, ...

business development fine chemicals flame retardants +6

Hercules Completes Resins Sale to Eastman

07-May-2001 - Hercules Incorporated (NYSE: HPC) today announced that it has completed the sale of its hydrocarbon resins and select portions of the rosins resins businesses to Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: emn). Gross proceeds from the divested businesses are approximately $244 million. In addition, ...

chemicals Germany resins

PQ Corporation acquires 100% of Akzo-PQ Silica

07-May-2001 - PQ Corporation and Akzo Nobel nv announced today that PQ Corporation has acquired 100% of Akzo-PQ Silica (APS), PQ's 50-50 joint venture with Akzo Nobel, which manufactures silicate and silica gel products in Europe. PQ also announced that the silicate and silica-related operations involved in ...

chemicals detergents Finland +8

BASF: New Paper Chemicals Plants Go On Stream

07-May-2001 - Two new paper chemicals production plants will officially start operation at BASF Ludwigshafen in Germany today (May 3, 2001): One plant will produce coating binders for paper finishing, the second process chemicals used in paper production. "These state-of-the-art production plants are another ...

acrylic acid catalysts cosmetics +6

DuPont Makes Key Polymer Ingredient from Corn Instead of Petroleum

03-May-2001 - WILMINGTON, Del., May 1, 2001 - DuPont has successfully manufactured a critical ingredient for its newest polymer, Sorona[tm], using a fermentation process based on corn sugar, a renewable resource. Before this development, the substance could only be produced from petrochemicals. The ...

biology biotechnology fermentation +5