06.05.2014
- Beyond This Year's Growth - Major chemical markets are heading for further improvement this year, according to the latest global business update from the German chemical industry...
05.05.2014
- Volatility Calls For Flexibility - Supply-chain management (SCM) requirements have changed significantly over the past few years. The buzzword when managing global supply chains is...
05.05.2014
- Robust Expansion - From 2008 through 2013, the worldwide chemical distribution market grew approximately 6.5% per year (corrected for exchange rate effects) to roughly €168 billion...
05.05.2014
- Italy is spearheading international efforts to catch a criminal ring that is stealing and recycling sophisticated drugs and reselling them for tens of millions of euros, the...
05.05.2014
- BASF has announced plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast to take advantage of low-cost, shale gas-derived ethane feedstock. The German...
05.05.2014
- U.S. drugmaker Pfizer increased its offer for the UK's AstraZeneca on May 2 to £63 billion ($106 billion) but the proposal, which would create the world's biggest pharmaceuticals...
05.05.2014
- With UK consumer health giant Reckitt having bowed out of the race to acquire the consumer business of U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co, Germany's Bayer is said to be in exclusive...
02.05.2014
- Dow Chemical's integrated strategy is costing shareholders billions of dollars, and executives should work harder to boost results and transparency, activist investor Daniel Loeb...
02.05.2014
- Germany's Merck KGaA has received final clearance for the takeover of AZ Electronic Materials. This follows approval of the deal by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). Merck...
02.05.2014
- Randy Woelfel resigned as CEO of Canada's Nova Chemicals on May 1. His departure was announced shortly before the company's first-quarter earnings conference call. In a statement...
