A lack of competitiveness and supportive legislation has combined with soft demand to push firms to sell or close plants ...

The chemicals industry, one of the central cogs of the global economy, is on its way towards significant transformation.

Scientists have discovered a potentially greener way to produce a crucial industrial chemical used to make many everyday ...

Origin’s main business is using waste wood to make zero-carbon and recyclable plastic precursor chemicals. Plastic ...

India's agrochemical industry is witnessing growing demand in Europe, supported by a regulatory environment that increasingly ...

The chemical is used to make many everyday products from plastics and textiles to antifreeze and disinfectants.

But around half its operations – which employ 850 staff – are now at risk as part of a broader review of the company’s ...

The drug supply is constantly evolving, and some experts suggest that a “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic is underway, in ...

Chemical manufacturer sentiment declined over the second half of 2024, according to the latest findings from the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; ...

Exozymes are advanced enzymes engineered using AI to thrive in a bioreactor outside of living cells. Exozymes can replace ...

Europe's mighty chemicals industry is in decline — but France is pitching a plan to get it back on track. Once one of the jewels of European manufacturing, the chemicals' sector has been plunged into ...

Ministers have been warned that sky-high energy costs are pushing Britain’s prized chemicals industry to breaking point after hundreds of jobs at two factories were plunged into doubt.