Blocking nerve cells could halt symptoms of eczema

Blocking what is happening in the neurons could block the symptoms of chronic itch, including the big immune response leading to asthma and allergy

Judges named for 2013 Olympus BioScapes

Olympus will honor the most exceptional and significant life science imaging with prizes and worldwide publicity

Marken names vice president for Asia Pacific

Global clinical logistics firm appoints Michael Culme-Seymour, who will be based in Singapore

C?te d’Ivoire families get access to clean water

Nestlé and Red Cross help to provide water and sanitation for 100,000 in C?te d’Ivoire cocoa communities

Adept Technology names CFO

Robotic and automation company appoints Seth Halio as chief financial officer

Jindal Poly Films acquires ExxonMobil's Global BOPP business

The transaction covers 5 BOPP production locations in the U.S. and Europe.

PACK EXPO holds its largest Las Vegas show ever

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013 sees jumps in attendance, exhibitors and size of show

Chevron Phillips Chemical gets nod to build petrochemical project

The company has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to a joint venture between JGC (USA), Inc. and Fluor Enterprises, Inc. to execute the 1.5 million metric tons/year (3.3 billion pounds/year) ethane cracker portion of the project.

Synthetic latex polymers market worth over $30 billion

Consisting of a 10 million dry tons and worth over $ 30 billion, the global synthetic latex polymers (SLP) market is a sizeable one.

Danone opens research centre in the Netherlands

The new facility in Utrecht will develop medical and baby food

Edwards highlights environmental benefits of its vacuum equipment

The CXS chemical dry vacuum pump from Edwards is particularly well suited to harsh chemical environments

Barnes Group Inc. to acquire M?nner

M?nner is a leader in the development and manufacture of high precision molds, valve gate hot runner systems, and micro-injection molding systems