Dutch renewables specialist Avantium has finalized plans for what it said will be the world’s first commercial scale production facility for FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid)...
Global specialty chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan and Imerys, a supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions, have announced the extension of their existing partnership...
US-based Ascensus Specialties has bought Wychem, a UK-based manufacturer of fine chemicals for pharmaceutical and specialty applications. Financial terms of the...
Bayer has now won two of five cases in which US plaintiffs have charged that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused their cancer. All the cases have been...
Novartis and market watchers alike have been dropping repeated hits that a sale of the Swiss drugs giant’s Sandoz-branded generic drugs arm may be closer than has been...
Belgian chemicals and recycling company Umicore is teaming up with German carmaker Volkswagen in a joint venture to produce cathode materials for VW’s battery cell...
ExxonMobil Chemical has acquired Materia, a US-based company that has pioneered technology for manufacturing a new class of materials that can be used in various...
As the most recently documented Covid-19 variant, Omicron, continues to rapidly circle the globe – it has now been found in 57 countries and 21 US states, according to...
Univar Solutions has acquired Brazil’s Sweetmix Distribuidora de Materias Primas Industrais for an undisclosed sum. Based in Sao Paulo, Sweetmix offers a range of food...
French multinational group Saint-Gobain has agreed to acquire GCP Applied Technologies for about $2.3 billion, gaining a world-leading presence in the expanding...
