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Merck KGaA Wins new US CRISPR Patents

Pfizer to Make Space for Vaccine Production

To save manufacturing space for its growing vaccines plans, Pfizer has said it will outsource production of some of its pharmaceutical portfolio. The work is planned to be shared out with a network of 200 contractors in the US and Europe.

Menarini to Buy Stemline Therapeutics for $677 Million

Italian pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company Menarini is to buy US biopharma Stemline Therapeutics in a deal valued at up to $677 million.

CoImmune Merges with Formula Pharmaceuticals

Tecnimont Wins Amur Gas Complex Contract

PetroIneos Seeking UK Government Loan?

LyondellBasell Wins Vietnam PP Project

LyondellBasell has been awarded a contract by Hyosung Vina Chemicals to supply its Spheripol PP technology for a new plant to be built in the Cai Mep industrial zone in Vung Tau province, Vietnam.

Lucite and Agilyx Partner on PMMA

Acrylic-based products manufacturer Lucite International, part of the Mitsubishi Chemical Group, is working with Agilyx to define the most suitable chemical recycling infrastructure for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

Resinex to Distribute Ascend’s PA 6.6 in Europe

Belgium-based thermoplastics distributor Resinex has received the nod to handle Ascend Performance Materials’ polyamide 6.6 resin in major European countries and regions. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

At least Nine Dead in Indian Styrenics Plant Leak

As many as 9 to 11 people are believed to have died and hundreds more were hospitalized after a leak of styrene gas from an LG Polymers plant near the Indian city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of May 7.

Sartorius Closes Danaher Acquisition

German pharma and laboratory equipment supplier Sartorius completed its $825 million purchase of certain life science businesses of Danaher Corps at the end of April.

Inovyn Participates in Sustainable Methanol Project

GSK will Test Antibody to Treat Covid Patients

Pfizer to Make Space for Vaccine Production

Axens Wins China Aromatics Project

French technology provider Axens has won a contract from China’s CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (CHPCL) for an aromatics expansion project in Daya Bay.

New Site Agreement for BASF at Ludwigshafen

BASF has signed a new agreement for its headquarters site at Ludwigshafen, Germany, covering wages and working conditions for the 34,000 employees who work there.

Ineos Adds US Sanitizer Plants, Plans Hygiene Business

Ineos will build two hand sanitizer plants in the US, adding to the facilities it has already constructed in the UK, Germany and France.

Industry and EU Parliament Back Green Recovery

But while MEPS push the Green Deal, the German chemical industry association VCI stresses that economic and social factors should be given equal emphasis.

Menarini to Buy Stemline Therapeutics for $677 Million

LyondellBasell Wins Vietnam PP Project

Bachem and Jitsubo in Licensing Agreement

Swiss CDMO Bachem has signed an exclusive licensing agreement to use the liquid phase peptide manufacturing technology Molecular Hiving developed by Japan’s Jitsubo.

Lucite and Agilyx Partner on PMMA

Resinex to Distribute Ascend’s PA 6.6 in Europe

At least Nine Dead in Indian Styrenics Plant Leak

Sartorius Closes Danaher Acquisition

Axens Wins China Aromatics Project

New Site Agreement for BASF at Ludwigshafen

Ineos Adds US Sanitizer Plants, Plans Hygiene Business

Industry and EU Parliament Back Green Recovery

Huntsman in Vietnam Textiles Collaboration

Huntsman Textile Effects, a producer of dyes, chemicals and digital inks for the textile and related industries, has announced a strategic partnership with Phong Phu International (PPJ), a Vietnamese garment manufacturer and exporter.

IMCD Opens Dubai Office

IMCD, the Netherlands-based specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor, has opened an office in Dubai, strengthening its presence in the Middle East.

J&J Signs two new Covid-Vaccine Pacts

As part of a plan to establish a network of manufacturing partners to help boost capacity ahead of a potential FDA approval of a Covid-19 vaccine, US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) recently signed agreements with two US companies.

Hovione Appoints Jean-Luc Herbeaux as Chief Operating Officer

Jean-Luc Herbeaux has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Hovione, effective May 1, 2020.

CEFIC Appoints Frans Stokman as Executive Director of Petrochemicals Europe

The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has appointed Frans Stokman as new Executive Director of its industry sector Petrochemicals Europe, effective immediately.

Linde and Hyosung in Hydrogen JV

Linde has signed an agreement with South Korean conglomerate Hyosung to build what they said will be the world’s single largest liquid hydrogen manufacturing plant, at Hyosung’s Ulsan site.