Company Dynamic

Clariant announced that the bio-based processing and dispersing additives for biopolymers in plastic products-Licocare RBW Vita series, Licolub FA 1 and Licowax C-have received the "OK Industrial Compostable" certification.

• bio based additives
• plastic products

The experimental vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 that was the first to enter human trials in the United States has been shown to elicit neutralizing antibodies and a helpful T-cell response with the aid of a carefully engineered spike protein.

• Covid 19 vaccine
• covid 19 research

Pfizer Inc said on Friday it signed a multi-year agreement to manufacture Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for COVID-19 patients in a bid to ramp up its supply.

• Pfizer
• Gilead
• Covid 19 vaccine
• remdesivir

Recently, various chemical giants have released their results for the second quarter of 2020. Affected by the coronavirus epidemic, most companies have declined in revenue and performance, and net sales of some companies have fallen by more than 40% year-

• chemical giants
• revenue declined
• net sales

AstraZeneca has signed a licensing agreement with China's BioKangtai, which will make the British pharma's COVID-19 vaccine for the Chinese market.

• AstraZeneca
• Covid 19 vaccine
• China pharmaceutical

In June of this year, Bayer reached a series of settlement agreements with the US plaintiff in tens of thousands of civil lawsuits surrounding the possible carcinogenicity of the herbicide “Roundup” produced by its subsidiary Monsanto

• Bayer
• litigation compensation
• sales loss
• lawsuits

Chembid, the search engine and market intelligence platform, and the Coating Additives Business Line of Evonik announce their cooperation.

• Evonik
• Company

BASF Southeast Asia has now joined the ZDHC Foundation as a "contributor" to its chemical industry. As a member of the ZDHC Foundation, BASF will conduct extensive coop

• BASF
• Southeast Asia
• Textile

On August 5th, Clariant and Pavlovi family company Eta Bio announced the signing of the sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology license agreement.

• Clariant
• EtaBio
• cellulosic ethanol

On August 3, Givaudan announced on its official website that it has completed the acquisition of Alderys, a French flavor, fragrance and cosmetic raw material biotechnology company.

• Givaudan
• Alderys
• Acquisition
• Natural

Recently, after Givaudan announced its results for the first half of 2020, its chief financial officer accepted an interview with foreign media and predicted that spice prices will continue to rise.

• Givaudan
• spices
• prices

Unilever has established a partnership with biotechnology startup Algenuity to study the feasibility of microalgae as a food and beverage ingredient.

• Unilever
• microalgae
• investment

On July 30, Clariant announced its first-half performance report, with sales of 1.945 billion Swiss francs, a year-on-year decrease of 5%; a profit margin of 15%, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%.

• Clariant
• report
• business

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials announced the acquisition of two German carbon fiber recycling companies and is expected to complete the acquisition around early August.

• Mitsubishi
• chemical
• carbon fiber
• Recycle

After the oil price plummeted, the decline in demand caused by the epidemic continued to hit oil and gas companies hard!

• oil
• giants
• loss

Although Eni pointed out that the test rate is limited by surface test equipment, the discovery well is reported to be able to produce up to 32 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas during the test period.

• oil
• gas
• Egypt
• European
• companies

As a leading brand in the coatings industry, Nippon Paint is a rare paint supplier in the industrial coatings field that has both powder coatings, water-based coatings and high-solid coatings products and technical capabilities.

• nippon paint
• market trends
• Coating

The China Tianjin Bulk Freight Index (TBI), an indicator of northern China's international bulk freight rates, stood at 746.90 points on Monday, down 2.84 percent compared with the previous working day.

• TBI
• China
• Data

In 2019, the Xiangshui explosion accident caused a major safety accident in Tianjiayi, one of the important domestic suppliers of m-phenylenediamine, which triggered a series of chain reactions among domestic chemical companies.

• Accident
• chemical
• factory
• market

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced the start of a global (except for China) Phase 2/3 safety and efficacy clinical study.

• Pfizer
• BioNTech
• COVID-19
• Vaccine