12.11.2014
- Styrenics producer Styrolution - until the end of this year a joint venture of Ineos and BASF - plans to close its 80,000 t/y polystyrene plant at Trelleborg, Sweden, by the end of...
11.11.2014
- In an updated property deal, Shell Chemical has exercised its option to buy Horsehead's zinc production site near Monaca, Pennsylvania, in the US, where it may build a major shale...
11.11.2014
- With three major acquisitions under its belt this year, Miami, Florida-based Platform Specialty Chemicals has launched a $350 million initial public offering to cover its past...
11.11.2014
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has completed the acquisition of FordonsGas, a Swedish company that distributes compressed biogas (CBG). With revenue of around €20...
10.11.2014
- In a Manifesto on the Competitiveness of the Plastics Industry in Europe presented at a conference held in Brussels on Nov.4, the two organizations representing plastics producers...
07.11.2014
- Former DuPont CEO Chad Holliday has been appointed chairman of the board of the Shell group, subject to his re-appointment as a non-executive director at the 2015 annual general...
07.11.2014
- Momentive Specialty Chemicals has announced plans to build two new world-scale formaldehyde plants with total capacity for more than 400,000 t/y at its Geismar and Luling...
07.11.2014
- Lanxess CEO Matthias Zachert has confirmed plans for substantial job cuts leaked days earlier by a German newspaper, announcing plans to slash 6% of its 16,700-member workforce up...
06.11.2014
- MFG Chemical has appointed Barry Lassiter as director of Environmental, Health, Safety and Security. With more than 42 years of experience in various leadership and management...
06.11.2014
- Dutch food and chemicals group DSM may sell or spin off lower-performing units, CEO Feike Sijbesma told journalists in a telephone conference to report third-quarter results...
