French speciality chemical producer Rhodia and Lyondell Chimie
TDI SCA, a subsidiary of LyondellBasell Industries, have complete
French speciality chemical producer Rhodia and Lyondell Chimie TDI
SCA, a subsidiary of LyondellBasell Industries, have completed the sale
of their isocyanates businesses to Sweden's Perstorp (C&I . . .
Dutch chemical major AkzoNobel has acquired two US coatings
companies.(Business digest)(Soliant and Lord)(Brief article)
Dutch chemical major AkzoNobel has acquired two US coatings
companies: paint and films producer Soliant and floor coatings business
Lord, for almost 50m [euro]. Soliant will boost Akzo's car . . .
Diary.(Calendar)
13-14 October, Synthetic Heterocyclic Chemistry: Design Syntheses,
Develop Processes, London, UK. A two day conference aimed at industrial
chemists containing a mix of presentations examining de . . .
BioAllliance Pharma.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Pierre
Morgon )(Brief article)
BioAllliance Pharma has appointed Pierre Morgon as chief operating
officer. Prior to joining the French speciality pharmaceutical business,
which focuses on treating opportunistic infections in . . .
Arkema.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Frederic
Marot-Achillas )(Brief article)
Frederic Marot-Achillas has been appointed managing director of the
technical polymers business unit of French chemical producer Arkema.
Marot-Achillas previous role as managing director of the PVC . . .
ACE BioSciences.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of David
Colpman)(Brief article)
ACE BioSciences has appointed Shire's senior vice president of
business development, David Colpman, to the board. Colpman has held
senior managementrotesat GlaxoWellcome UK, Novo Nordisk and . . .
Honeywell Specialty Materials.(Movers & shakers)(appointment
of Kevin Moriarty)(Brief article)
Honeywell Specialty Materials has appointed Kevin Moriarty as vice
president and chief financial officer. Moriarty comes to Honeywell
Specialty Materials from Honeywell Aerospace's air . . .
Chromatide.(Movers & shakers)(appointments of)(Brief
article)
Pharmaceutical and chemical production polymer technology company
Chromatide has appointed Brian Adger, who has over 30 years experience
in the chemicals and pharmaceutical industry; Eric Atherton, . . .
Air Products.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Howard
Castle-Smith)(Brief article)
Howard Castle-Smith has been appointed regional vice president,
tonnage gases, Europe and Middle East for industrial gases and
speciality chemicals manufacturer Air Products. Castle-Smith . . .
Speedel.(Movers & shakers)(appointments of)(Brief
article)
Swiss public biopharmaceutical company Speedel has elected four
Novartis officers to the board at an extraordinary general meeting:
Raymund Breu, chief financial officer, Novartis; Joseph . . .
Albemarle.(Movers & shakers)(promotion of David Clary)(Brief
article)
Albemarle has promoted David Clary to the new role of vice
president and chief sustainability officer. US-based Albemarle produces
speciality chemicals for consumer electronics and a range of . . .
Borealis.(Movers & shakers)(appointments of Herbert Willerth
and Eberhard Dreher )(Brief article)
Herbert Willerth has been appointed deputy ceo for Austrian
plastics manufacturer Borealis. Willerth joined Borealis in 1998 during
the merger with PCD Polymere and was ceo of Borealis' . . .
ECI event diary.(Calendar)
Advances in epoxy chemistry
Thu 28 Aug 2008
12.00
SCI Republic of Ireland Regional Group and SCI Materials Chemistry
Group
University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland
Contact: SCI Events
. . .
SCI awards.(society of chemical industry)(Brief article)
Congratulations to our three new scholarship winners for
2008-2010--Claire Stanley, Fionna O'Hara and Simon Beaumont--who
receive up to 5,000 [pounds sterling] each to help fund their research.
. . .
SCI's horticulture group to visit Cranfield Health.
On 12 November 2008, Dr Leon Terry, who leads plant science
research at Cranfield University, will talk about post
harvest-activities at the university followed by lunch, a tour of the
new labs and . . .
SCI scales journals league.(Society of Chemical Industry)(Brief
article)
The journal impact factors from the 2007 Journal Citation Report
show that for the second year running, all four SCI journals have
increased (see table below). Pest Management Science (PMS) and . . .
SCI Scotland meets Sasol.(Event review)(Society of Chemical
Industry)(Conference news)(Brief article)
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SCI Communications Team
On 6 August 2008, the SCI Scotland Regional Group held a meeting at
the University of St Andrews on the unique relationship between St
Andrews and . . .
Introduction to ADMET! solving problems chemically.(Event
preview)(absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and
toxicit
On 23 October, SCI's Young Chemists' Panel is holding the
popular 'Introduction to ADMET: solving problems chemically'
meeting at SCI headquarters in Belgravia, London.
It will be the third time . . .
Engaging industry is key to SCI growth: interview with Sir
Geoffrey Allen: Sir Geoffrey talks about knowledge sharing between th
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Congratulations on your new position on the board of the Membership
Advisory Committee--do you have a specific mission?
My first ambition is to strengthen SCI membership . . .
The changing face of membership--SCI tackles challenge head on:
the chemical industry and the world in which it operates is chan
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SCI Corporate News
The chemical industry is in the throes of a transition in which
increased globalisation means greater consolidation of small companies
into bigger . . .
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