27.03.2014
- U.S. polyamide producer Invista has broken ground for a new 215,000 t/y hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant and a 150,000 t/y PA 6.6 polymerization plant in China's Shanghai Chemical...
27.03.2014
- Toward its goal of expanding further into printed electronics markets, Solvay has acquired U.S.-based Plextronics. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the Belgian chemical...
27.03.2014
- Merck KGaA will propose a 2:1 share split to the annual general meeting held on May 9 in Frankfurt, Germany. The plan calls for splitting one existing no-par value share with a pro...
26.03.2014
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has given Veresen Inc, a Calgary, Alberta-based energy infrastructure company, approval to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Jordan...
26.03.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has broken ground on a new 50,000 t/y plant for coatings and adhesives precursor hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) at its complex in Shanghai, China. The...
26.03.2014
- Swiss-based global engineering and construction group Foster Wheeler has signed a five-year alliance agreement with Austrian oil and petrochemicals giant OMV to provide integrated...
26.03.2014
- AMRI announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals for US$38.2 million in cash. The transaction, including US$2...
26.03.2014
- BASF Total Petrochemicals, a 60:40 joint venture of BASF and French oil and petrochemicals group Total, has started up a tenth furnace at its Port Arthur, Texas, steam cracker. The...
25.03.2014
- In order to meet strongly growing customer demand, Oxea is planning to increase its European capacity for Oxsoft GPO by 50,000 t/y by Q4/2015. To this end, Oxea has signed a...
25.03.2014
- German chemical and pharmaceutical producer Merck KGaA has signed an exclusive agreement with Laboratory Skin Care to market the U.S. company's cosmetic active ingredient...
