28.05.2015
- Dutch chemical producer AkzoNobel has announced it will spend more than €30 million on a new Performance Coatings plant in Thailand to support regional growth of the business. The...
28.05.2015
- AbbVie has completed the acquisition of Pharmacyclics, a deal the Chicago-based US drugmaker says enhances its scientific and commercial presence in oncology. As a wholly owned...
27.05.2015
- Due to successful plea bargaining, two executives of former Spanish PET producer La Seda de Barcelona, now in liquidation - including former CEO Rafael Español - have escaped...
27.05.2015
- Japanese catalyst and superabsorbent polymer producer Nippon Shokubai has earmarked €350 million for the expansion of its production facilities for its super absorbers and...
27.05.2015
- It has gone quiet around the targeted takeover of Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta - Europe's largest player in terms of overall sales - by GMO titan Monsanto. Behind the scenes...
26.05.2015
- Merck Millipore, the life science business of Germany's Merck KGaA, has signed an exclusive agreement with Singulex, developer and leading provider of Single Molecule Counting (SMC...
26.05.2015
- Dr Stephan Glander (46) has been appointed new managing director of BYK-Chemie and worldwide president of BYK Additives & Instruments, one of the divisions of Altana. He will take...
26.05.2015
- Chemours, DuPont's new stand-alone incorporating its Performance Chemicals business, has completed an offering of $1,350 million 6.625% senior notes due in 2023, $750 million 7%...
26.05.2015
- The European Commission has denied reports it held back on farther-reaching legislation regulating endocrine disruptors (EDCs) due to pressure from both the chemical industry and...
22.05.2015
- The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced an enforcement action against DuPont in connection with an incident that killed four workers at its La...
