29.03.2017
- Brexit negotiations set to begin now that the UK has triggered Article 50 of the EU Treaty, regulating its exit, should not further weaken the European Union and put its...
28.03.2017
- The European Commission (EC) on Mar. 27 approved the proposed $130 billion merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont into DowDuPont after the companies made promises to sell substantial...
23.03.2017
- US paints and coatings giant PPG Industries is doubling down on its efforts to bring AkzoNobel to the negotiating table. After the Dutch rival rejected its first bid, the...
16.03.2017
- The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for risk assessment, RAC, has cleared the chemical compound glyphosate – the active ingredient in herbicides such as Monsanto’s...
10.03.2017
- All in one day, Dutch coatings specialist AkzoNobel revealed on Mar. 9 that it had received an unsolicited takeover offer from US rival PPG and was looking at spinning off its...
02.03.2017
- Christian Kullmann will become chairman of the managing board of German chemical producer Evonik and chief executive officer following the company’s annual shareholders meeting on...
27.02.2017
- BASF subsidiary Wintershall is in talks with the government of Iran about investing in the country’s oil and gas sector, BASF CEO Kurt Bock confirmed at the annual results press...
23.02.2017
- The first of the three mega mergers affecting mainly the global agrochemicals sector, the $130 billion link-up of Dow Chemical and DuPont, could win EU approval soon, the news...
16.02.2017
- UK household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to buy US baby milk maker Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion. Its cash offer of $90 per share has been accepted by Mead Johnson’s...
13.02.2017
- Terms of the proposed €60 billion merger between industrial gases heavyweights Linde of Germany and Praxair of the US could be finalized by late April, Linde CEO Aldo Belloni said...
