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CEN | February 05, 2020

With its escalating infections, city shutdowns, and nationwide transportation halts, the coronavirus epidemic is starting to strain China’s chemical industry. But experts see the impact as manageable and, they hope, shortlived. By the afternoon of Feb. 5, 24,423 people were confirmed infected with the new virus, 16,678 of them in the central Chinese province of Hubei. The death toll in the province was 472, more than the 349 people who died in China from the SARS virus in 2003. The governm...

EPA | January 13, 2020

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement agreement with the Torrance Refining Company, LLC over chemical safety and risk management violations. The refinery has corrected the violations, will pay $125,000 in penalties and will spend $219,000 to enhance chemical safety features at the refinery. “It is critical for the refinery to maintain an up-to-date and accurate Risk Management Plan,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Mike St...

Chemical Technology | February 10, 2020

Industrial gases supplier Air Liquide has signed three new long-term contracts with German chemical firm BASF for work in the Antwerp basin, Belgium. The signing of the new contracts builds on an existing partnership between the two firms. Air Liquide has been supplying gases to BASF’s Antwerp location for more than 50 years. It also operates five production plants at the basin. The new agreements include renewing the Airgas supply contract for 15 years. As agreed, Air Liquide will continu...

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Benvic Group | August 17, 2021

Benvic announces the acquisition of the US-based Chemres, a leading provider of polymers, custom compounds and solutions for a variety of industries including medical, packaging, wire & cable. Headquartered in Princeton (New Jersey) and with operations in Chesapeake (Virginia), Chemres is a specialty compounder with a strong position in the US contact lens market and it also has long-term customer relationships in the medical, wire & cable, and packaging industries. The co...