31.10.2012
- Swiss drugs industry supplier Lonza plans to cut 500 jobs, including 400 at its main plant in Visp, to improve profitability as it grapples with price pressures, a strong Swiss...
31.10.2012
- French oil company Total reported a 20% rise in third-quarter net adjusted profit to €.348 billion on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations thanks to a sharp increase in...
31.10.2012
- Potash Corp, the world's largest fertilizer maker, is in talks with Israel's government about merging with its smaller rival Israel Chemicals (ICL), ICL's parent company said...
30.10.2012
- More than a thousand potentially hazardous chemicals often found in cosmetics and cleaning supplies remain unregulated on the European market, environmental activists say. Green...
30.10.2012
- Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion...
30.10.2012
- The work to construct a new three-storey production building has begun on the newly acquired company grounds of BYK USA in Wallingford, Connecticut. "This investment in Wallingford...
30.10.2012
- Germany's Bayer is to buy U.S. vitamins maker Schiff Nutrition International for an agreed $1.2 billion as it seeks stable sources of growth to complement its more volatile...
30.10.2012
- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, India's No. 2 drugmaker by sales, reported a better-than-expected 32% rise in quarterly net profit as four new generic drugs drove sales in North America...
30.10.2012
- The world's biggest food group Nestle named Luis Cantarell as head of its nutrition division, which is grappling with the integration of the baby food business it bought from U.S...
30.10.2012
- Anadarko Petroleum on Monday reported a quarterly profit compared with a year-ago loss when the U.S. oil and gas company set aside funds to settle with BP over its Gulf of Mexico...
