29.05.2014
- Refining, chemicals and biofuels company Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Wichita, Kansas-based Koch Industries, will take PetroLogistics LP private in a deal worth $2.1...
29.05.2014
- US drugmaker Eli Lilly has struck a licensing deal with Sanofi that would allow its French rival to pursue regulatory approval for a non-prescription version of Lilly's erectile...
29.05.2014
- As expected, Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International raised the cash component of its offer for Botox manufacturer Allergan on May 28. Its new offer values the US...
29.05.2014
- Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to sell German PVC producer Vinnolit to Houston, Texas-based US petrochemical producer Westlake for €490 million ($668...
28.05.2014
- Effective from May 01st, 2014 René Busler has been appointed as Head of Sales of Biesterfeld Spezialchemie Helvetia, a 100% subsidiary of Biesterfeld Spezialchemie. In this newly...
28.05.2014
- Sweden's environment ministry is threatening to sue the European Commission in the European Court of Justice over alleged foot-dragging on endocrine disruptors. Environment...
28.05.2014
- US styrenics producer Styron, alternately known as Trinseo, has said it plans to close its only North American polycarbonate plant, at Freeport, Texas, by the end of 2014 and exit...
28.05.2014
- BASF plans to invest a "double digit million euro" sum in a new plant at Ludwigshafen for lubricants based on polyalylene glycol (PAG) and blends. The facility, for which no...
27.05.2014
- Germany's Wacker Chemie has reorganized its silicones and polymers distribution network for central and eastern Europe. Effective July 1, 2014, the company's products will be...
27.05.2014
- A couple in the US state of Iowa is suing DuPont in a district court over a fire in a corn stover for a new cellulosic ethanol plant in March of this year. Burdell and Barbara...
