20.03.2014
- Troubled German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess has sold its wholly owned subsdiary Perlon-Monofil to Germany's Serafin Group for an undisclosed sum. The divestment had been...
20.03.2014
- The European Medicines Agency, EMA, has said it will try out a new process of staggered drug approvals in a bid to accelerate access to new medicines. The decision to pilot so...
20.03.2014
- With activist shareholder hedge fund Third Point breathing down its corporate neck, Dow Chemical has lifted its asset sale target from $3-4 billion to $4.5-6 billion. The company...
19.03.2014
- Addivant has announced the completion of the first phase of capacity expansions at Gulf Stabilizers Industries (GSI), the company's joint venture in Al Jubaïl, Saudi Arabia. Once...
19.03.2014
- U.S. chemical producer Eastman has entered a "definitive agreement" to acquire Commonwealth Laminating and Coating, an independent U.S. manufacturer and distributor of window films...
19.03.2014
- The new chief executive of Anglo-Dutch oil and petrochemicals giant Shell, Ben Van Beurden, has announced a "fix or divest" strategy to improve earnings. Plans include reduction of...
19.03.2014
- Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Company (SCIPIG), a joint venture of U.S. gases manufacturer Praxair and French partner Air Liquide, has been awarded a 15-year...
19.03.2014
- Munich-based Wacker Chemie has reached a two-year agreement with the Chinese government on pricing of polysilicon exports. The deal running from May 1, 2014 to Apr. 1, 2016, sets...
18.03.2014
- Gelest has appointed Kelly Chemical Corporation exclusive distributor for commercial and research products in Taiwan. Gelest also named Kelly Chemical Corp. exclusive distributor...
18.03.2014
- Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Germany's Merck KGaA, has named Meeta Gulyani as head of strategy and global franchises, effective May 7. She will be based in...
