The article reports on the plan of BASF to shut down the production of paper dyes at its plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, as part of its strategy to realign the paper chemicals division.
*CHEMISTS, *PERIODICAL editors, *CHEMISTRY periodicals, *CHEMICAL industry
Abstract
The article presents an interview with German chemist Peter Gölitz about his career as editor in chief of the German journal "Angewandte Chemie." Topics include how the process of his introduction of innovations to the journal started, his goals for the journal and how they changed over time and the biggest changes to science publishing in the past 30 years. Also mentioned are the changes in chemistry since the 1980s and his favorite paper published at Angewand during his tenure.
Reports on the German Association of Biotechnology Industries' (DIB) release of the lobby position paper they will be presenting at the German government's 2002 legislative session. Development of a national biotechnology strategy to cement Germany's leading position in Europe; Percentage of German biotechnology firms that are focused on the field of therapeutics.