20.08.2013
- Eight years ago, the family-owned Korean additives and specialty chemical producer Songwon made a bold decision to pursue a new strategy for extending the company's focus beyond...
19.08.2013
- In a deal set to close in the fourth quarter, Dutch paints and coatings specialist AkzoNobel has agreed to sell its building adhesives business with annual sales of €185 million to...
19.08.2013
- In reaction to criticism of what environmentalists see as a too timid approach to protecting honeybee populations from the phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder, the U.S...
19.08.2013
- Libya's largest refinery on Friday loaded its first petroleum products tanker since labor unrest hit the oil sector nearly three weeks ago but protests still throttled the country...
19.08.2013
- India's new restrictions on capital outflows are likely to delay overseas acquisitions and investment plans by the country at a time when many companies are scouting markets abroad...
19.08.2013
- BASF and General Motors reopened facilities in Egypt on Sunday while Electrolux said it would partly resume operations on Monday. Electrolux, the world's second-biggest home...
16.08.2013
- Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group has agreed to invest $1.15 billion as part of a deal to buy nearly a third of a new iron ore project in Australia from partners Fortescue Metals...
16.08.2013
- It began with chocolates but now Moscow has tightened checks on all imports from Ukraine in what some say is an attempt to dissuade its neighbor from turning towards Europe and...
16.08.2013
- China's powerful price regulator could target the petroleum, telecommunications, banking and auto sectors next in its investigations into violations of the country's anti-trust...
15.08.2013
- No question, the chemical industry faces daunting challenges. As sales markets and goods flows globalize and new production centers emerge, both large and small companies are...
