Igenity.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Nick Munce )(Brief
article)
Igenity has appointed Nick Munce as UK business development
manager. Munce joins Igenity from Merial Animal Health. Igenity produces
genetic profiling products for the beef and dairy industry to . . .
Emma Raven.(Movers & shakers)(Brief article)
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Emma Raven, a chemist at the University of Leicester, has received
the 2008 Royal Society of Chemistry's Industrial Award for Reaction
Kinetics and Mechanisms. Raven was . . .
Simon Best.(Movers & shakers)(Brief article)
Simon Best, chairman of the BioIndustry Association, has been
awarded an OBE for his services to the bioscience industry. Best has
been chairman of the BIA since . . .
Trophos.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Damian Marros
)(Brief article)
French biopharmaceutical Trophos has appointed Damian Marros as
ceo. Marros was previously executive vice president, corporate
development at French pharmaceutical NicOx. Trophos specialises in . . .
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).(Movers &
shakers)
Ian Roxburgh has stepped down as chief executive of the UK's
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The search for his successor is
currently . . .
AkzoNobel.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Tex Gunning at
AkzoNobel )(Brief article)
Paints and chemicals major AkzoNobel has appointed Tex Gunning as
managing director of its decorative paints business from the start of
September. Gunning joins Akzo from recruitment company Vedior . . .
British Coatings Federation.(Movers & shakers)
Sandra Stovell has joined the British Coatings Federation's
regulatory affairs department and will be responsible for printing inks.
Stovell was previously employed by . . .
Borealis.(Movers & shakers)
Austrian plastics producer Borealis has announced Wim Roels as its
new vice president of its moulding business unit in . . .
TcLand Expression.(Movers & shakers)(Brief article)
Christophe Vergne has been appointed vice president sales and
services operations for TcLand Expression. Florence Lazard and Rodolphe
Clerval were also appointed director of IP and contracts and . . .
Tabletop display.(News)(Brief article)
German speciality chemicals producer Evonik Industries will supply
the projection display for Microsoft Surface, a surface computing device
that enables users to interact with digital content . . .
Norwegian State Pollution Control Authority.(Environment &
Safety)(Brief article)
The Norwegian State Pollution Control Authority (SFT) has published
its recommendation to the Norwegian Ministry of Environment (MoE) to
restrict the sale in Norway of consumer products containing . . .
Triclosan.(Environment & Safety)(Brief article)
Antibacterial agent triclosan is back in the spotlight with claims
by the US not-for-profit research organisation Environmental Working
Group (EWG) that while the US Environmental protection Agency . . .
Swiss life science company Lonza has signed a new strategic
partnership with Novartis for the joint development and manufacture
Swiss life science company Lonza has signed a new strategic
partnership with Novartis for the joint development and manufacture of
Novartis' biologics as an extension of Lonza's current
contract . . .
Momentive Performance Materials.(Projects & Technology)(Brief
article)
US silicone specialist Momentive Performance Materials is to build
a $65m technology centre, followed by a $16m global headquarters, in
Rensselaer county, New York. Momentive is moving from its . . .
M&G Group.(Projects & Technology)(Brief article)
Italian polyethylene terephthalate (PET) producer M&G Group is
expanding its single reactor Brazilian PET facility at Ipojuca,
Pernambuco state, from 450 000 t/year to 650 000 t/year, with . . .
OSS.(Projects & Technology)(Brief article)
UK hazardous waste solution provider OSS has opened a fragmentation
plant in Knowsley, Merseyside, to process and recycle all types of oil,
fuel and air filters and other metal and plastic waste . . .
Albemarle and the China Plastics Processing Industry Association
have joined forces to help restore the work of the Sichuan Fire
Albemarle and the China Plastics Processing Industry Association
have joined forces to help restore the work of the Sichuan Fire Research
Institute following the disastrous Chinese earthquake by . . .
BASF.(Projects & Technology)(Brief article)
German major BASF is to begin construction of a second oxidising
plant for the production of synthetic waxes at its Ludwigshafen site in
Q4 2008. The facility, due onstream in 2010, will double the . . .
Lanxess.(Projects & Technology)(Brief article)
German speciality chemicals producer Lanxess has opened a $16m
rubber research centre in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, in
cooperation with Qingdao's University of Science & Technology.
In . . .
Swiss pharma major Novartis is proposing to purchase all
outstanding shares in Swiss biopharmaceutical firm Speedel following it
Swiss pharma major Novartis is proposing to purchase all
outstanding shares in Swiss biopharmaceutical firm Speedel following its
acquisition in early July of a further 51.7% share, which gives it . . .
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