24.07.2018
- Speculation is running high that the board of the UK’s biggest drugmaker, Glaxo Smithkline (GSK), is increasingly willing to placate activist shareholders by splitting the company...
20.07.2018
- As part of an initiative by the Mirpuri Foundation a Hi Fly-owned aircraft was painted with a striking livery depicting coral reefs. One side represents a pristine ocean with...
20.07.2018
- CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, expects modest chemical production growth of 1.5% in the European Union in both 2018 and 2019. Growth will be similar to that...
18.07.2018
- MG Industries, a joint venture between German gases group Messer and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, has agreed to buy the majority of Linde's business in North...
16.07.2018
- US drugmaker Pfizer is reorganizing into three separate, more specialized businesses in a move that observers say could make a sale or spinoff of its consumer healthcare unit...
10.07.2018
- BASF is planning to build a new integrated production hub – a concept it calls “Verbund” – in the South Chinese province of Guangdong. This would ultimately be its third largest...
09.07.2018
- The EU Commission has approved Tronox’s proposed acquisition of competitor Cristal, subject to the US titanium dioxide producer selling its business for the pigment used in paper...
04.07.2018
- At a recent European business forum, Ineos director Tom Crotty hinted that the Swiss-headquartered group was considering building a new cracker in northwest Europe. On the first...
02.07.2018
- US industrial gases producer Airgas – since 2016 part of French gases giant Air Liquide (AL) – is suing private equity investor Carlyle and a former executive of AL in a US federal...
29.06.2018
- The specialties market is under pressure. In order to generate value, manufacturers and clients need to continue optimizing their supply chain on a regular basis. As a result, the...
