chemical industry

Asahi Glassplant UK acquires Syrris and Glass Solutions

Asahi Glassplant UK Ltd. announce the successful acquisition of the Syrris and Glass Solutions businesses from Blacktrace Holdings Ltd. (Blacktrace), Royston, UK, on 1st January 2020. Asahi Glassplant UK, a subsidiary of Asahi Glassplant Inc., Japan, is a world-leading innovator in glass technology for scientific...

EU chemicals output expected to stabilise in 2020 due to slowing global economy and decline in manufacturing industry growth

Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, expects chemical production in the European Union to have declined by 1% in 2019 compared to 2018. For 2020, chemical production is expected to stay on the same level as in 2019. The chemicals business climate has been affected this year by slower global economic growth,...

Neste’s new office in Düsseldorf is located just south of the city central, at the corner of Fürstenwall and Friedrichstrasse in the historic Friedrichstadt area

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable and circular polymers and chemicals solutions, opens a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany, to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit. The business unit...

BASF expands innovation scope in Asia Pacific with new facilities and new solutions

BASF is enhancing its regional innovation capabilities with new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry. With an investment of approximately €34 million, the new 5,000-square-meter...

Master X-Seed technology was successfully applied for the construction of the Marienturm, an office tower under construction in Frankfurt/Main

The skyline of Frankfurt’s banking quarter has a new landmark: The 155-meter Marienturm tower, set for completion by the first quarter of 2019. The new high-rise office complex owes its quick ascend skyward also to the contribution of the Master-Ease and Master X-Seed concrete admixtures from Master Builders Solutions...