14.03.2014
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has started up a new nitrogen gases plant at Tioga, North Dakota, in the U.S. The new facility will increase supply to drilling...
14.03.2014
- German chemical producer Evonik has announced plans to cut around 1,000 of its 33,000 worldwide jobs over the next year. Speaking at the company's first results press conference...
14.03.2014
- In another attempt - just under the wire - to win EU approval for their proposed 50:50 PVC joint venture, Ineos and Solvay have wrapped up another package of proposals for...
14.03.2014
- Codexis today announced the sale of its Hungarian subsidiary to Intrexon Corporation. The transaction closed on March 13, with a purchase price of US$ 1.5 million. No proprietary...
13.03.2014
- No potential buyers have yet come forward announcing plans to buy the chlor-alkali business Dow Chemical has said it plans to sell. However, South Korea's Hanwha Chemical said it...
13.03.2014
- In a plenary session the European Parliament has voted to impose tougher rules governing the environmental impact of oil and conventional gas exploration, while at the same time...
13.03.2014
- BASF has opened a new €2 million global research and development center at Thane, Navi Mumbai, India. Operated by BASF Chemicals India, the facility employing 60 scientists in the...
13.03.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) now says it will continue to operate its 125,000 t/y TDI plant at Brunsbüttel, Germany, for an undisclosed time period to meet strong demand from the...
12.03.2014
- DPx Holdings, the new global contract development and manufacturing joint venture of Dutch chemical producer DSM with U.S. private equity firm JLL Partners, was launched on Mar. 11...
12.03.2014
- British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said it has successfully increased its stake in its publicly-listed Indian pharmaceuticals subsidiary GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals...
