07.01.2015
- Raízen, a joint venture of oil and petrochemicals group Shell with Brazil's Cosan, will spend nearly $1 billion on building eight second generation bioethanol plants for the...
07.01.2015
- Japan's Mitsui Chemicals and Korean petrochemical producer SKC plan to merge their polyurethane production and their distribution channels in Asia, Europe and North America into a...
07.01.2015
- US over-the-counter drugmaker Johnson & Johnson will pay Isis Pharmaceuticals up to $835 million for the option to license three drugs targeting autoimmune diseases in the bowel...
07.01.2015
- Lower electricity prices and increased demand from customers in the southeastern US were the reasoning behind Pennsylvania-based Audia International's 2014 decision to locate its...
05.01.2015
- Mumbai, India-based refrigerants manufacturer SRF said in late December it had agreed, with immediate effect, to acquire DuPont's global pharmaceutical propellant business for an...
05.01.2015
- As repercussions from the deteriorating financial situation in Russia and the political tensions in Ukraine - which also led to the collapse of a planned asset swap between Gazprom...
05.01.2015
- Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings plans to merge its carbon fiber-related businesses, currently part of separate group companies, during 2015. The Japanese conglomerate said the move is...
05.01.2015
- In a move to expand its position in the Brazilian market, the Actega division of German specialty chemicals producer Altana has acquired two owner-operated companies, Premiata and...
23.12.2014
- The largest pharmacy benefit manager in the US, Express Scripts, has negotiated a cheaper price from AbbVie for its Viekira Pak hepatitis C treatment approved by the US Food and...
23.12.2014
- Malaysian national oil and gas giant Petronas has chosen LyondellBasell's technology for its 900,000 t/y polypropylene plant scheduled for mechanical completion in July 2018...
