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Although erythritol, a sugar substitute used to sweeten low-calorie foods, supposedly has very little impact on blood glucose with its zero calorie content

• sweetener

Walls, furniture and everyday objects can be turned into giant touchpads with the help of a cheap coat of paint.

• Coating

As per Market.Biz analysis, by the end of 2017, global sales revenue of Paint & Coating market is expected to ...

• Coating

Tamil Nadu government is building a caustic soda manufacturing plant with private participation at Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam with an investment of Rs 10,000 crore.

• Caustic
• Soda

Lenzing, supplier of high-quality, botanic cellulose fibres, ranging from dissolving pulp to standard and specialty cellulose fibres...

• Textile

Realignment is heating up in the global chemical industry. While two Chinese state-run chemical companies may be merged into the world's biggest manufacturer, the industrial gas and paint industries are witnessing a series ...

• Chemical

Organic personal care brand Soulflower is evaluating opportunities in natural cosmetics and perfumes categories through organic or inorganic route, a top company official has said.

• Natural
• Cosmetics
• Perfumes

EU antitrust regulators have pledged to take a close look at the South African drugmaker’s business practices.

• Cancer
• Drug

Thermo Fisher Scientific is acquiring Patheon, which has been at the center of the consolidation that has swept through contract manufacturing in recent years, in a deal valued at $7.2 billion.

• Pharmaceutical
• Merge

Branded drugmakers weren't the only ones working through a tumultuous 2016. Generics companies faced pricing pressure...

• Drugmakers

Until now, the company hasn’t announced changes to its products, preferring to reformulate behind the scenes and bank on consumers not noticing.

• Sugar
• Fat

Propilco's polypropylene sales in the first quarter of 2017 totaled 108,674 mt, down 8.57% compared with the year-ago period, the Colombian company's parent Ecopetrol said Friday.

• PP

China National Chemical Corp.'s acquisition of Germany's KraussMaffei Group last year will open up business prospects with China's huge state-owned enterprises, said Xiaojun Cui, CEO of KraussMaffei Group China.

• China
• Plastic

Pharmaceutical companies spent €58.5m sponsoring doctors, patients organisations and healthcare providers last year, the Volkskrant said on Thursday.

• Health
• Pill

Textiles exporters who are focusing on the western market should explore the opportunities in Japan, according to Joint Director of Textiles Committee K.S. Muralidhara.

• Export
• Japan
• Textile

A seminar was held in Hanoi on May 11 to provide information of the Textile India 2017, which will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from June 30-July 2.

• India
• Vietnam

Beijing launched a new nationwide crackdown on scrap imports, called National Sword, in February.

• Plastics
• China
• Import

Outlining causes of the $95 billion US trade deficit in textiles and apparel, four US textile trade associations – the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA)

• Textile

On May 15, 2017, Coatings Industry published the World Paint Manufacturers Top 10. All the manufacturers were listed companies.

• Paint
• Global

The nation's top chemical manufacturers saw lower sales last year amid low oil prices and slow economic growth.

• Oil
• Chemical