Overall production in the U.S. chemical industry rebounded in September, rising by 0.4% to 103.5% of its average 2012 value, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Pharmaceutical production…
Global specialty chemical maker Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) officially opened its new Group Biotechnology Research Center in Planegg, near Munich, today. In a ceremony attended by Ilse Aigner, the Bavarian Minister for Economic Affairs, Media, Energy and Technology, the key…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator for the chemical process industries developed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), dropped in September following a revised decline in August, according to the ACC’s latest Weekly Chemical…
The preliminary value for the July 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) fell compared to the previous month’s value, driven by a decline in the Equipment subindex. The Construction Labor, Buildings and Engineering & Supervision subindices…
Specialty chemical market volumes in the U.S. fell by 0.1% in August, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The retreat follows a 1.3% gain in July and a…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris; www.oecd.org) released its composite leading indicator (CLI) for July, and the results, discussed in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), suggest…
The S&P index for chemical companies fell by 6.5% in August, while the broader S&P 500 index also fell 6.3%, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The August…
The following list of recently published books may be of interest to those working in the chemical process industies (CPI): Simulated Moving Bed Technology: Principles, Design and Process Applications. By A.E. Rodrigues and others. Elsevier, June 2015, 304 pages, $180.00.…
One of the world’s leading polymer materials suppliers has a new identity. From September 1, 2015 Bayer MaterialScience is operating under the Covestro name. The company is now legally and economically independent, but will remain a 100 percent subsidiary of…
Data from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Washington, D.C.; www.federalreserve.gov) indicate that the output of the nation’s industrial sector grew by 0.6% in July, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.;…