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SK Capital Buys Canlak and Valentus Specialty Chemicals

31.05.2021 -

Funds advised by New York investment group SK Capital Partners has bought Canadian coatings company Canlak and US-based Valentus Specialty Chemicals for an undisclosed...

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Indorama Group Adds PET Capacity in India

31.05.2021 -

Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Limited (IRSL), a subsidiary of global petrochemical producer and PET giant Indorama Ventures (IVL), plans to spend up to $82 million on...

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BASF and RWE to Build Wind Farm for Ludwigshafen

31.05.2021 -

BASF and major German utility company RWE have signed a letter of intent to create a €4 billion, 2 gigawatt, wind farm at an undisclosed offshore location on the German...

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Ashland Mulls Options for Performance Adhesives

28.05.2021 -

US specialty chemicals producer Ashland has announced it will undertake a strategic review of its performance adhesives business, which could include a potential sale.

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Solvay Invests in UK Biotech Startup

28.05.2021 -

Belgian chemical company Solvay is investing an undisclosed sum in Invizius, a UK biotech start-up that is developing a proprietary anti-inflammatory solution for...

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Bayer May Remove Glyphosate from Retail Roundup

28.05.2021 -

Disappointed by San Francisco district judge Vince Chhabria’s decision to dismiss its proposed $2 billion plan to settle future claims that Monsanto’s flagship herbicide...

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CureVac Sees Relief from US Vaccine Ingredient Exports

27.05.2021 -

German biotech CureVac’s protests against US export restrictions for ingredients it needs to make its Covid-19 vaccine CVnCoV seem to have borne fruit. News agency...

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Poland’s Orlen Invests in New Olefins Complex

27.05.2021 -

The supervisory board of Poland’s PKN Orlen has given the green light for a major expansion of its olefins complex at Plock, estimated to cost 13.5 billion Polish zloty....