Dutch paints and coatings specialist AkzoNobel has offered to buy Finland’s Tikkurila as it moves to top a bid by rival US firm PPG Industries.

Major liquid crystal polymer (LCP) producer Celanese has announced plans to build a world-scale, multi-phase polymerization plant in China to support significant growth...

Azelis has agreed to buy majority shareholdings in Asia Primera Kimika Inc. (APKI) and Phil-Asiatic Supply & Services Inc. (PSSI), entering the Philippine market and...

US-based CDMO Catalent has agreed to buy the powder inhaler spray drying, capsule manufacturing and packaging operations of Acorda Therapeutics, a biotech specializing in...

Dutch chemical producer Nouryon has rebranded its wholly-owned industrial chemicals business as Nobian. The company said the change will allow the subsidiary to develop...

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Shell Canada has signed a deal to invest in Varennes Carbon Recycling, the first waste-to-low-carbon fuels plant in Quebec. Shell will take a 40% interest in the plant...

Baxter BioPharma Solutions has contracted to support production of US biotech Novavax’s new Covid-19 vaccine in Germany, when it is approved. Phase 3 data from late...

French drugmaker Sanofi has named its new company for major Active Pharmaceutical ingredients EuroAPI and announced Karl Rotthier as its future CEO with effect from Jan...

Germany’s BioNTech has scaled up its projections for the number of doses of its Covid-19 vaccine it will make this year from 1.3 billion to 2 billion, as it seeks...