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Plastics have come to be indispensible materials that deliver great value and performance in the several applications they serve. While plastics, in general, and plastics packaging, in particular, are an integral part of the global economy and deliver...

• India
• Plastics

Ingredients manufacturer Tate & Lyle has appointed Imran Nawaz as its new chief financial officer, with effect from 1 August 2018. He joined the company from Mondelēz, where he has served as senior vice-president of finance in Europe since 2014.

• Tate&Lyle
• Ingredients
• Manufacturers

GE Healthcare is launching a ready-to-run factory-in-a-box to speed up the production of viral vector-based therapeutics, including viral vector-based vaccines, oncolytic viruses and gene and cell therapies. The new, prefabricated and modular KUBio ...

• GE
• Healthcare

MilliporeSigma has introduced three new products to support flexible manufacturing of biologics. The innovations, all designed to make single-use bioprocessing easier, safer and more efficient, were unveiled at Interphex 2018, held April 17-19 in New York

• MilliporeSigm
• Product

Cambrex has completed the installation of multiple continuous flow reactor platforms at its High Point, NC facility. The investment underpins Cambrex's on-going commitment to new technologies and aims to reinforce the company's existing experience in...

• Cambrex
• Expansions

SAMDI Tech, a provider of label-free drug discovery solutions, has partnered with Enamine, a supplier of drug-like screening compounds, to expand the number of molecules in their small molecule compound libraries. Through the partnership, SAMDI Tech will

• SAMDI
• Library
• Molecules

Sika said it achieved double-digit sales growth in the first quarter and a new sales record of CHF 1,554.0 million. This equates to an increase of 11 percent in local currencies (previous year: 10.7 percent). A positive currency effect (0.9 percent)...

• Sika
• Growth
• Outlook

Axalta Coating Systems launched one of its refinish brands, Nason Finishes, at a large paint importer and distributor in South Africa. City Paint & Tool, which has been operating for more than 50 years, has nine branches.

• Axalta
• Launch

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• Echemi
• Daily

Shire has entered into a definitive agreement with Servier to sell its Oncology business for $2.4 billion.

• Shire
• Servier

Essential Materials, Inc., is a recently formed specialty chemicals distributor, incorporated in California to service the West Coast territory of the U.S.

• US
• Specialty
• Chemical
• Distributor

The government is contemplating the amalgamation of two state-owned liquefied natural gas (LNG) entities namely Pakistan LNG Terminals Limited and Pakistan LNG Limited.

• LNG
• Pakistan

IFS Coatings launched IFS PureFlex FBE, a Fusion Bonded Epoxy powder coating for rebar. IFS PureFlex FBE is a flexible, corrosion resistant, quick-cure, single coat, thermosetting powder coating which delivers the very best in protection to rebar.

• IFS
• Product
• Coating

Camfil APC has designed its Farr Gold Series industrial dust collectors to remove hazardous and nuisance dusts from factories while occupying the smallest possible floor space. Farr Gold Series collectors are built from 3-foot-six-inch square modules...

• Camfil
• APC
• Design

Pakistan Oilfields Limited’s (POL) consolidated profit increased almost 11% to Rs3.11 billion in the quarter ended March 31, 2018 mainly due to a notable rise in net sales, according to a notice sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday.

• Pakistan
• POL

10 cents per lb and Jul contract closed at 83.03 cents per lb.

• Cotton
• Auction

On Apr 17, 30,010.21 tons of Xinjiang cotton and 22,912.73 tons of upcountry cotton.

• Cotton
• Auction

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• Echemi
• Daily

Higher export prices will be driven by rising oil-linked contract prices.

• LNG
• Australian

AK Medical Holdings, a Beijing orthopedic implant maker, has paid $24 million to acquire JRI Orthopedics, UK. Upon completion, JRI Orthopaedics will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed AK Medical.

• AK
• Medical
• JRI
• Orthopedics