Dow has agreed a strategic collaboration with CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. This will leverage a CAS Custom Services system based on specialised technologies, data science, and the CAS Content Collection “to empower efficiencies in Dow’s research processes that improves efficiency and productivity”, the company said.

Clariant and Italmatch Chemicals have both announced investments in phosphorus-based flame retardants in China in the past two weeks as demand continues to grow from growth in the use of engineering plastics in the e-mobility, 5G communications, transportation, and electrical and electronic segments.

Evonik has sold its TAA derivatives business to Italian chemical company Sabo, which claims to be one of the world's leading manufacturers of light stabilisers. Terms are not being disclosed and the sale is expected to close in early 2023. The sale is part of Evonik’s continuing strategy of focusing its portfolio on speciality chemicals and divesting businesses that no longer fit.

Devi Shah and Fatema Begum of Mayer Brown International look at how companies can deal with insolvency or restructuring issues*

A team led by Mark Walsh and Matthew Kitching from Durham University has published an article in JACS Au, detailing how they found nearly 1,800 conglomerate crystal structures within the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). These are molecules that are synthesised by racemic methods but which show spontaneously enriched chirality upon crystallisation.

CatSci has made a “significant” investment to support the development of oligonucleotide capability at its site in Cardiff, UK. This follows recent investment in the firm by Keensight Capital to support its strategic growth plans.

David L. Buss, CEO of DB Schenker USA, looks at the key digitisation challenges in distribution