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Chemic Laboratories, Solvias AG | June 18, 2021

Solvias, one of the biggest independent analytical testing, contract research, development, and manufacturing companies, announced today the acquisition of Chemic Laboratories, Inc., headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts (Chemic). Solvias gains a solid footing in the United States and highly complementary laboratory testing capabilities as a result of this acquisition. Based in Boston's biopharmaceutical sector, Chemic increases Solvias' global footprint and offers integr...

chemicalwatch | March 03, 2020

The US EPA has, for the first time under the amended TSCA, mandated companies to conduct testing in support of a risk evaluation for an existing chemical, according to chemicals office assistant administrator Alexandra Dunn. Speaking at ChemCon the Americas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania yesterday, Ms Dunn said that EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a TSCA section 4(a)(2) order pertaining to pigment violet – one of the first ten chemicals subject to TSCA risk evaluation – last w...

C&EN | March 17, 2020

As measures to contain the coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2—sweep across the US, the heads of privately owned chemical and instrument companies find themselves in uncharted territory trying to keep their companies going and their employees safe. C&EN reached out to CEOs of several such firms to learn what they are doing to keep business moving forward. We heard stories about setbacks, as expected supplies didn’t come through, but also small triumphs, as needed safety equipment was fi...

arkansasonline | February 28, 2020

A company that owns a suburban Houston chemical plant jeopardized public safety when it failed to remove dangerous chemicals ahead of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, resulting in a blaze that sent toxic smoke into the air and injured first responders, prosecutors told jurors on Thursday. Arkema Inc., a subsidiary of a French chemical manufacturer, and three of its senior employees are on trial over charges accusing them of releasing toxic pollutants and injuring two sheriff's deputies. During open...