Air Liquide has fully absorbed its German engineering subsidiaries Lurgi and Zimmer. Going forward, the two companies added to the French industrial gases group's portfolio in 2007 will be known as Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions.
Lurgi will be operated as a division of Air Liquide within the Large Industries business segment, and its financial results will not be reported separately. In 2013, the business had sales of around €15 billion.
Honeywell will acquire Johnson Matthey's Catalyst Technologies business segment for €2.15 billion in an all-cash transaction.
Carbon black manufacturer Orion Engineered Carbons plans to rationalize production lines in North and South America and EMEA.
Carbios wird recycelte Monomere bereitstellen, die von Indorama Ventures zu Filamenten für die Verstärkung von Reifen des Herstellers Michelin verarbeitet werden.
Jens Birgersson becomes new Brenntag CEO
Dow Chemical hat die endgültige Schließung von drei Upstream-Anlagen in Europa - zwei in Deutschland und eine in Großbritannien - angekündigt.
