28.11.2018
- Petrochemicals make things happen. This is not only the tagline of the European petrochemical producers’ association Petrochemicals Europe, this is a fact: 95% of all manufactured...
28.11.2018
- In the past, much of the attractive growth for specialty chemicals companies came from China and the rebound of the US economy. In the future, companies need to consider a...
28.11.2018
- Although global economic growth has been robust over the past two years, it remains fragile in the current changing economic and political context, according to the Global...
27.11.2018
- Saudi Aramco has abandoned the idea of a major bond issue to finance its acquisition of the Saudi government’s 70% stake in compatriot petrochemicals and plastics producer SABIC...
23.11.2018
- In an initial reaction to news on Nov. 22 that the UK and the EU have sealed a draft agreement on Brexit, the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) said it was pleased with...
22.11.2018
- Martin Brudermüller, CEO of BASF since May, this week unveiled a new business strategy aimed at guiding the chemical giant through expected and unexpected turbulence ahead. In a...
20.11.2018
- At the dawn of the new millennium, Messer Group, the industrial gases producer founded in Frankfurt in 1898 by Adolf Messer emerged from the break-up of then-chemical giant Hoechst...
19.11.2018
- LyondellBasell CEO Bob Patel either is trying to build suspense for an announcement that it has sealed a deal with Brazilian construction group Odebrecht about acquiring its 38.3%...
14.11.2018
- Saudi Aramco continues to dangle possible dates for its several times delayed initial public offering in front of the market. At the ADIPEC oil forum in Abu Dhabi last weekend, the...
