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September 12, 2011 - Volume 89, Number 37
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Business Concentrates
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- Adidas, Nike, And Puma Commit To Zero Discharge
- In response to a challenge posed by the environmental group Greenpeace, sportswear makers Adidas, Nike, and Puma have committed to eliminating...
- PerkinElmer Will Buy Caliper Life Sciences
- Scientific and diagnostic instrument maker PerkinElmer has agreed to acquire Caliper Life Sciences, a molecular and tissue imaging expert...
- Frontier Scientific Purchases ASDI
- Frontier Scientific has acquired the assets of ASDI in a bankruptcy auction. Based in Newark, Del...
- BASF Signs Deal For Rare Earths
- BASF has agreed to source, on a long-term basis, the rare-earth element lanthanum from a plant being built in Kuantan, Malaysia...
- Dupont Sues Heraeus Over Solar Pastes
- DuPont has sued the German specialty materials maker Heraeus for infringing a DuPont patent on metallization pastes...
- BASF, Daimler Design Urban Electric Car
- BASF and Daimler have joined forces to design a concept electric vehicle, the Smart Forvision, for urban markets...
- Evotec, Roche Join For Alzheimer’s Drug
- Evotec and Roche are partnering to develop Evotec’s EVT 302, an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B)...
- Lanxess Expands Glass In Antwerp
- Lanxess will spend $21 million to increase glass fiber capacity in Antwerp, Belgium, by 10% to 60,000 metric tons per year...
- Eastman Acquires Plasticizer Maker
- Eastman Chemical has acquired Scandiflex, a manufacturer of plasticizers based in Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil...
- Saint-Gobain Plans New Proppants Plant
- Saint-Gobain will spend $100 million to build a proppants plant in Saline County, Ark. To be constructed on a 70-acre parcel of land...
- Pfizer Inks Deal For Space At MIT
- Pfizer has signed a 10-year lease on 180,000 sq ft of space in a building being constructed in Cambridge, Mass....
- Two Biotech Firms Get Back Drug Rights
- Citing portfolio reassessment, two drug companies are returning pharmaceutical development rights to biotech partners. Merck & Co. has returned...
- Anacor Extends R&D Deals
- Anacor Pharmaceuticals has expanded R&D collaborations for its boron-based anti-infective agents....
- Business Roundup
- Solutia, Evonik Industries, Linde, BASF Canada, International Flavors & Fragrances, Amakem, Merck Serono ...
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October 24, 2011
Celanese Takes An Ethanol Plunge (Member Content)
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | pp. 20-21)The chemical producer seeks to make ethanol a major business but is secretive about details of its process.
Building On The Momentum (Member Content)
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 22)BWA Water Additives rides crest of rising demand for specialty water treatment chemicals.
European Firms Invest In China
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 6)Specialty Chemicals: Companies pursue local research and production.
Investors Bet On Cleantech
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 9)Green Chemistry: Close to $1 billion is slated for start-up firms.
Business Concentrates (Member Content)
(October 24, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 43 | p. 18)
October 17, 2011
Emerging Strategies
(October 17, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 42 | pp. 15-26)Faced with change, pharmaceutical firms shift business mix to generics and emerging markets.
A Sense of Urgency (Member Content)
(October 17, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 42 | pp. 30-32)Call for drug safety pushes the mundane art of supply chain management to the front burner.
Growing Businesses The Scottish Way (Member Content)
(October 17, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 42 | pp. 33-35)Development authorities seek to harness industry‑academia cooperation in the life sciences.
An Update On Dow (Member Content)
(October 17, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 42 | pp. 36-38)CEO Andrew N. Liveris believes the major pieces are in place to continue the company's transformation.
AstraZeneca Shifts Operations
(October 17, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 42 | p. 10)Pharmaceuticals: Firm will add manufacturing in China while cutting jobs in the U.S.
Investment Deterrent
(October 17, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 42 | p. 11)Venture capital firms say FDA regulations hamper their support of biopharma companies.
Business Concentrates (Member Content)
(October 17, 2011 | Vol. 89 Issue 42 | pp. 28-30)
BASF
The Smart Forvision incorporates the first polymer wheel rim suitable for high-volume production, BASF says.
BASF and Daimler have joined forces to design a concept electric vehicle, the Smart Forvision, for urban markets. The vehicle incorporates a number of weight-saving technologies to reduce power consumption and increase range. They include epoxy and carbon composite doors that cut weight by 50% compared with steel, and fiber-reinforced nylon wheels that weigh 3 kg less than conventional wheels.
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