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Saudi Aramco Listing Delayed until 2019

12.03.2018 - An initial public offering (IPO) by Saudi Aramco is unlikely to take place before 2019 at the earliest, according to reports from London, where Prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin...

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DowDuPont may Shift Investment due to Tariffs

08.03.2018 - DowDuPont has said it is considering Canada or Argentina instead of the US Gulf Coast for its next major investment as US President Donald Trump’s proposed steel tariffs will make...

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Evonik to Sell or Partner Methacrylates

08.03.2018 - Evonik is weighing plans to exit its methacrylates business (MMA and PMMA). In explaining the decision at the annual results presentation in Essen, Germany, on Mar. 7, CEO...

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BASF may buy Bayer's Vegetable Seeds

07.03.2018 - Bayer CEO Werner Baumann confirmed last week at the annual results press conference that Leverkusen group has agreed to sell another of its agrochemicals assets to win EU approval...

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EFSA Finds Neonics to Harm Bees

04.03.2018 - The discussion of whether to turn the current EU moratorium on neonicotinoid-based insecticides (neonics) into a permanent ban is expected to be revived before the end of the month...

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AVEVA Completes Transformational Combination

01.03.2018 - Aveva, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, has combined with Schneider Electric’s industrial software business to drive digital transformation across the asset...

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DowDuPont Unveils Names for new Firms

01.03.2018 - DowDuPont has lifted the veil on the names of the three independent companies that will emerge from the post-merger three-way split now due to take place between the end of the...

Strategy & Management

Lonza Adds More Building Blocks for the Healthcare Continuum

27.02.2018 - Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Lonza said it exceeded its full-year 2017 guidance. The company reported sales of CHF 5.1 billion. Having closed the...

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EU Launches In-depth Probe Into Linde-Praxair

19.02.2018 - The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation (Phase II) into the multi-billion merger being pursued by industrial gases giants Linde of Germany and Praxair of the...

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LyondellBasell to Acquire A. Schulman

16.02.2018 - Rotterdam-headquartered, Houston-managed olefins and polyolefins giant LyondellBasell has announced plans to acquire Akron, Ohio-based compounding specialist A. Schulman for $2.25...