18.07.2017
- As it optimizes efficiency at its Life Science (laboratory chemicals) business Germany’s Merck KGaA plans to close four of the filling and distribution facilities by 2022 with the...
12.07.2017
- At a Capital Markets Day in Paris on 11 July, French chemical producer Arkema outlined its forward strategy and announced investment projects for the period up to 2020 and beyond...
07.07.2017
- René van Sloten, CEFIC executive director industrial policy, explains why a holistic EU industrial policy strategy needs to be put in place – as called for by the Competitiveness...
06.07.2017
- As it continues to pursue plans to take over US agribusiness rival Monsanto, Germany’s Bayer said it will lower its full-year 2017 earnings forecast due to weakness in its consumer...
05.07.2017
- Activist investors unhappy with the merger plans of Clariant and Huntsman have joined forces to torpedo it. The Corvex hedge fund of Keith Meister – a protégé of billionaire...
04.06.2017
- PPG has decided to walk away from AkzoNobel after a bitterly fought three-month struggle to acquire its Dutch rival. The US paints and coatings group had offered €26.9 billion in...
04.06.2017
- The boards of Linde and Praxair have voted in favor of a merger that will create an industrial gases giant worth around $70 billion, overtaking main rival Air Liquide. The deal...
04.06.2017
- The US chemical industry has expressed its disappointment over President Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate change agreement. Under the landmark deal finalized in December...
25.05.2017
- German industrial gases group Linde has finally signed a formal merger agreement with US rival Praxair after the two companies reached a deal in principle. Negotiations to finalize...
