24.04.2018
- Logistics has become a significant factor in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the last couple of years. This is one of the reasons Achema 2018 concentrates logistics in...
20.04.2018
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has signed an agreement to sell its global consumer health business to Procter & Gamble (P&G) for around €3.4 billion, or $4.2 billion, in cash. The...
17.04.2018
- For the global specialty chemicals sector, the past two years have been among the most exciting of the young millennium. Many mergers and acquisitions were in the spotlight in 2017...
16.04.2018
- Mariner East 1, the main artery for shipping shale gas-derived ethane to the Marcus Hook terminal in Pennsylvania for transport to Europe – and potentially to points beyond –may...
11.04.2018
- In an all-cash deal expected to close in the second half of this year, Swiss drugs giant Novartis has agreed to pay $8.7 billion for AveXis, a US-based clinical stage gene therapy...
08.04.2018
- As the leading international trade fair for analytics, laboratory technology and biotechnology, every two years, the analytica in Munich is the international mainstay of the...
05.04.2018
- The looming trade war between the US and China – in particular, China’s proposal to impose tariffs of 25% on $50 billion worth of US imports – could have serious repercussions for...
03.04.2018
- Since late 2016, the Chinese government has conducted a series of environmental inspections of production companies. Compared to previous actions, these inspections are much...
02.04.2018
- Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has...
02.04.2018
- In the past decade, specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has transformed from a decentralized European business into an integrated group with a turnover of €1.8 billion and...
