BASF starts first diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) production in Chongqing

BASF's MDI Production in China

DSM Adjusts Organization
Following recent portfolio changes, Royal DSM announced adjustments to its organizational and operating model

Puffed-Up Polymers
Expanding polymers could provide an instant seal for ruptured airplane fuel tanks or passenger cabins

UK Gives Licences to Frack
Additional licences for exploratory shale gas drilling at 27 onshore oil exploration sites in the UK

Alcohol – Not Just for Drinking
In chemistry as in our daily lives, alcohol comes in various forms, such as beer, wine, sake, or any organic compound with a hydroxyl group at a saturated carbon atom

Sustainable Supply Chains
Cefic and Together for Sustainability (TfS) help make chemicals supply chains more sustainable

Fabric Dyeing, Simplified
Ionic liquid process is environmentally green, and has textile researchers seeing red

IUPAC-2015 in Busan, Korea
Passion of chemists overwhelms hot summer days in Korea at 48th General Assembly and 45th World Chemical Congress

LyondellBasell Sells Argentina-based Petroken
LyondellBasell announced that YPF S.A. and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica S.L. have accepted an offer to purchase Petroken

ACS Emerging Researcher Award
Javier García-Martínez, University of Alicante, Spain, honored by the ACS Energy & Fuels Division