22.01.2014
- In a potential transaction that looks tantamount to an acquisition, insolvent Croatian petrochemical producer Dina Petrokemija said it has received a "concrete offer" from UK-based...
22.01.2014
- Stevie Deans, the former convenor for the trade union Unite at the Ineos petrochemicals site in Grangemouth, Scotland, who was at the center of the cliff-hanging industrial dispute...
22.01.2014
- BASF is spending some €7 million to expand and upgrade coating resins production at its Münster, Germany, site by 2016. Along with lengthening capacity by an undisclosed margin...
21.01.2014
- As part of a drive to improve its return on investment, Shell has agreed to sell stakes in a gas project in Western Australia to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company...
21.01.2014
- Belgian chemical producer Tessenderlo said it plans to ship fertilizer to Iran "within weeks," as the easing of Western financial sanctions has helped the Middle East country...
21.01.2014
- BASF is in the process of starting up a new 6,000 t/y plant for the high performance thermoplastics polyarylsulfone at its site in Yeosu, Korea, to supply markets in Asia-Pacific...
21.01.2014
- Bayer Nordic, based at Espoo, Finland, has launched a takeover vehicle for the acquisition of Norwegian pharmaceutical producer Algeta. Through the subsidiary, the Bayer group has...
17.01.2014
- Canada's Nova Chemicals Corporation held a ceremony on Jan. 16 at its Corunna, Ontario, cracker to celebrate the cracking of its first barrels of ethane sourced from the Marcellus...
17.01.2014
- In a transaction due to close in the next few months, Darmstadt, Germany-based pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck KGaA has agreed to sell its DDS bioanalytics division to...
17.01.2014
- U.S. chemical producer and flame retardant specialist Chemtura is challenging in a California superior court new state regulations governing flammability standards for upholstered...
