11.02.2020
- Signs have been multiplying recently that Bayer is close to an out-of-court settlement of US plaintiffs’ claims that Monsanto’s legacy herbicide Roundup caused their cancer. In...
10.02.2020
- HCS Group was formed in 2013 through the merger of the companies Haltermann and Petrochem Carless, but its roots go back to 1859 (see info box). The supplier of high-quality...
10.02.2020
- Corteva Agriscience, agrochemicals subsidiary of the regrouped DuPont, is going where the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the company’s part predecessor Dow Chemical...
07.02.2020
- Trying to evaluate the effect of the Corona virus on the chemical industry at this time is difficult. It would be very tempting to reply quoting Zhou Enlai, who reportedly (when...
07.02.2020
- US drugmaker Merck plans to streamline its organization by spinning off assets with around $6.5 billion in annual revenue. Businesses to be separated out by the first half of 2021...
06.02.2020
- German specialty chemicals group Evonik has successfully completed its now $640 million acquisition of US peroxides manufacturer PeroxyChem after a US court in Washington DC...
03.02.2020
- Following all approvals and the transfer of its European polyamide business to Domo, Solvay has completed the sale of its non-European PA activities to BASF for €1.3 billion on a...
31.01.2020
- As the administration of US president Donald Trump continues to roll back environmental legislation passed by its predecessor, 14 states and authorities of the US capital of...
28.01.2020
- Thailand’s Indorama Ventures (IVL), the world’s largest PET producer, has created a new business segment under the name Integrated Oxide to incorporate the integrated ethylene...
22.01.2020
- Many companies want to become agile. But what are concrete benefits of agile work methods? What are necessary preconditions? And in what scenarios are they most beneficial? Andrea...
