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Solvay has reached an agreement to license its advanced hydrogen peroxide technology to North Huajin Chemical Industries for use in its Panjin plant in Liaoning Province, China.

• Solvay
• North Huajin Chemical Industries

Hallstar, a global specialty chemicals company, announced the acquisition of Sytheon, Ltd., whose active ingredients, including flagship products such as Sytenol® A, will form a new product line for Hallstar's Beauty Division.

• Hallstar
• Sytheon

The Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) officially issued Directive IN No333 on November 1, 2024 through the official Gazette. This directive mainly involves the development and revision of the maximum residue limits for pesticides such

On October 30, 2024, Health Canada issued the official document M-FAA-24-13. In this document, the Ministry of Health proposed amendments to the current list of enzymes used in food.

Evotec SE (EVO), a leading drug discovery and development company, today announced that Evotec DS GmbH, its chemical active drug manufacturing site in Halle/Westphalia, Germany, has been successfully sold to Monacum Partners GmbH, a private equity firm ba

Since the end of this year's heating season, the domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) market price reached its highest for the year in early September at $5,323 per ton, $759 higher than the current average price.

Recently, Zhaoke Ophthalmology Company announced an exciting news that the company's eye drug candidate NVK002 has achieved impressive positive results in the Phase III clinical trial (China CHAMP).

On Tuesday, October 29, Eastern time, Bloomberg published an interesting story. According to an inspection report released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March this year, the FDA conducted a detailed investigation of the Novo Nordisk pl

According to the Washington Post on Wednesday, TGI Fridays, a popular casual dining chain in the United States, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday (local time).

On December 30, 2024, according to the latest news from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), at the request of the European Commission, the EU Animal Feed Additives and Products (FEEDAP) Study Group conducted an in-depth scientific assessment of the

Donald Trump's endorsement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his fringe health theory has drawn much attention in Washington and beyond, with powerful agricultural interests scrambling to protect their industry from the potential impact of Kennedy's theory.

According to the third quarter financial results released by the German Volkswagen Group on October 30, the group's operating profit fell by 42% from the same period last year to 2.86 billion euros, hitting a three-year low.

This week, the international gold price continued to rise to a new record, once exceeding $2,800 / ounce. Since the beginning of the year, gold has gained more than 32% and hit record highs more than 30 times.

WR Grace & Co. announces that Nayara Energy Limited has successfully started up its new 450 kilotonnes/year (KTA) UNIPOL PP process technology plant in Vadinar, Gujarat, India.

• WR Grace & Co.

Yoshitsu announced a five-year strategic cooperation agreement with Saynoday, which reflects the high level of mutual trust and confidence of both parties in exploring growth opportunities in the beauty and daily necessities sectors in Asia.

• Yoshitsu
• Saynoday

RPM International Inc. announced the acquisition of TMP Convert SAS (TMPC) as part of its Fibergrate Structures (Fibergrate) business, which is part of RPM’s Performance Coatings Group.

• RPM
• TMP Convert

The Association of International Chemical Manufacturers (AICM) recently released its 2024 annual sustainability report in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, aiming to advocate for the concept of green growth.

With the contradiction between the supply growth rate being too fast and the insufficient follow-up of downstream demand becoming increasingly prominent, the profit margins of benzene and its downstream industrial chain continue to be squeezed, leading to

More than a year ago, New Zealand customs officials began intercepting several batches of injections marked with the brands Fitaro and Orsema, produced by the little-known Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Incepta Pharmaceuticals.

This week (October 28 to November 1), South Korea, Japan and a number of other countries and regions have issued food related policies and notifications. The following content will be detailed from two aspects of foreign import and export policies and mea