28.01.2014
- International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) announced it has completed the acquisition of Clariant´s business unit Detergents & Intermediates (D&I), following its recent closing...
28.01.2014
- Codexis announced the appointment of Greg Hughes, Ph.D., as Vice President, Strategic Alliance & Product Development, effective from October 28, 2013. Dr. Hughes spent the last 11...
28.01.2014
- BASF and Sinopec have broken ground for the world-scale isonanonol (INA) plant the two groups are building at Maoming, China and scheduled for start-up in 2015. The facility, which...
28.01.2014
- Germany's Evonik has begun expanding is MMA transesterification (MMAT) plant at Mobile, Alabama, in response to what it said is increasing demand. Without disclosing an investment...
28.01.2014
- US chemical producer Ashland, under pressure from activist investor Jana Partners to boost shareholder value, has announced a restructuring plan that calls for job cuts totalling 1...
27.01.2014
- German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA has extended the takeover offer for AZ Electronics after acceptance of its £1.6 billion (about €200 million) cash bid fell...
27.01.2014
- Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories faces long delays and high costs in launching big-selling generic drugs in the U.S. after products from a fourth plant were banned due to...
27.01.2014
- Buying back L'Oreal's 9% stake in Sanofi could be "very accretive" for the French drugmaker, although the idea remains speculative, Sanofi's CEO Chris Viehbacher told the news...
27.01.2014
- Arkema and China's leading acrylic acid producer Jurong Chemical have formed a joint venture, Sunke, in which Arkema will have the undisclosed majority stake. The new company will...
27.01.2014
- In a surprise move late on Jan. 26, German chemicals, plastics and rubber producer Lanxess announced the resignation of Axel Heitmann, its chief executive since the company's split...
