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In Chemical & Engineering News’ (C&EN) latest Global Top 50, the 50 largest chemical firms surveyed brought in a combined $775.2 billion in sales in 2015, a 10.8% decrease. However, profits increased 15.1%, or $96.7 billion, and profit margins climbed almost three percentage points to 13.5%, indicating that none of the 50 companies surveyed recorded […]
For the first time in 40 years, the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been revised, with the new law making it simpler for the EPA to regulate harmful chemicals. Since the creation of the TSCA in 1976, the EPA has regulated only five chemicals, likely due to the limited amount of time the […]
Moisture analyzers measure the moisture content of solids and liquids, as well as gases. These analyzers can measure trace and abundant amounts of moisture in wet or dry samples. There are a number of different technologies that these systems employ to obtain accurate moisture measurements. Loss-On-Drying (LOD) is a well-known and commonly used moisture analysis […]
According to Chemical and Engineering News’s (C&EN) latest annual capital and R&D spending survey, 18 US and European chemical companies stated that 2015 R&D levels were virtually the same as 2014. Total R&D spending made up 3.4% of companies’ revenues, while R&D spending for all surveyed firms increased 0.3% from $9.88 billion to $9.91 billion. […]
Earlier this month, DuPont and Dow Chemical announced an all-stock merger valued at $130 billion. The union will be split into three new companies: a materials science company; a specialty products company targeting the electronics, communications, safety and protection industries; and an agriculture firm. Dow shareholders will own 52% of the new company, while DuPont […]
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