Merck, Solvay Invest In Photovoltaics

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• Braskem Acquiring Dow’s Polypropylene Business
• Dow Chemical is selling its global polypropylene business to the Brazilian firm Braskem for a total of $340 million...
• Oxy Plans Chlorine At Dupont TiO₂ Plant
• Occidental Chemical plans to build a chlor-alkali facility adjacent to DuPont’s titanium dioxide plant...
• DuPont Buys Solar Ink Firm Innovalight
• DuPont has acquired Silicon Valley start-up Innovalight, a maker of silicon inks...
• AkzoNobel to add china Surfactants
• AkzoNobel is acquiring Boxing Oleochemicals, a Chinese firm that Akzo calls the leading supplier of...
• New Venture Targets NonChrome Pigments
• Crosslink and Wayne Pigment have formed a joint venture to commercialize hexavalent chromium-free corrosion inhibitors...
• Gevo, South Hampton Slate Demo Facility
• Gevo, a renewable chemicals and biofuels company, will work with South Hampton Resources...
• Merck, Solvay Invest In Photovoltaics
• Merck KGaA and Solvay are making new investments in plastic electronics. Merck and Nano-C,...
• Tessenderlo Sells U.S. Vinyls Unit
• Belgian chemical firm Tessenderlo has sold its Chelsea Building Products subsidiary to the private equity firm...
• FDA Accuses Cetero Of Falsifying Data
• FDA has sent a letter to Cetero Research informing the firm of “objectionable conditions” observed at its...
• Bayer Licenses Trius Antibiotic
• Bayer Pharma will pay Trius Therapeutics $25 million up front for regional rights to torezolid...
• BASF Will Double Plasticizer Output
• BASF plans to double capacity for Hexamoll DINCH, a phthalate-free plasticizer...
• Drug Delivery Links Zcube To CalTech …
• Zcube, the research venture arm of Italy’s Zambon, will work with Caltech to develop skin patches...
• … And Alnylam To MIT
• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and MIT have developed new nanoparticles for the systemic delivery of RNAi therapeutics...
• Business Roundup
• DSM, FMC, Cabot, Solutia, Lubrizol, BASF, Baxter International, Amyris, Merck & Co....

Topics Covered

plastic electronics, photovoltaics