15.01.2015
- Thai PET giant Indorama and Turkish conglomerate Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding have agreed not to pursue a sale to transfer 51% of Adana-based polyester and PET producer Sasa Polyester...
14.01.2015
- In a deal set to close during the first quarter of this year, Thai polyester giant Indorama, world's largest producer of PET packaging resins, plans to acquire a 252,000 t/y...
14.01.2015
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has agreed to acquire Geosol's 50% stake and take full control of the Brazil's Companhia Brasileira de Bentonita (CBB). Financial terms...
14.01.2015
- Activist investor Nelson Peltz is stepping up his campaign to leave his mark on DuPont, announcing late last week that his Trian Fund Management will propose four candidates -...
13.01.2015
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined DuPont $531,000 for violating provisions of the Clean Air Act at its chemical manufacturing plant in Deepwater, New Jersey...
13.01.2015
- Borealis is calling "unjustified" plans by Finnish tax authorities to charge the company back taxes totalling €281.7 million, including penalties for late payment and interest...
13.01.2015
- A new study commissioned by the German Green party concludes that the free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated by the EU and the...
12.01.2015
- Dow Chemical and LG Electronics have unveiled their cadmium-free quantum dot technology for LG's new Ultra HD TVs with quantum dots developed in a cooperation between the US...
12.01.2015
- The plastics industry in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is evolving into a larger, more diverse and sustainable industry opening up channels for more consumers...
12.01.2015
- Bayer HealthCare's Gadavist (gadobutrol) injection contrast medium has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in...