21.02.2011
- German fertilizer producer K+S is examining the possibility of opening two potash mining pits in Germany to meet rising demand worldwide, its chief executive told a weekly magazine...
21.02.2011
- The Global Personal Care business of AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry is pleased to announce the appointment of James Grant as Technical Screening Chemist, based in Bridgewater, New...
21.02.2011
- BDP International SAS, a subsidiary of global logistics firm BDP International, has opened its fourth office in France in Marseille. The company also maintains offices in Roissy...
18.02.2011
- U.S. chemicals group DuPont extended its 33.4 billion crown ($6.1 billion) offer for Danish food and enzymes group Danisco to April 1, hoping to gain more acceptances as regulators...
18.02.2011
- German chemicals distributor Brenntag plans to pay out 30-45 percent of its 2010 net income in dividends, its finance chief Juergen Buchsteiner told Reuters on Thursday. The...
18.02.2011
- Indian energy major Reliance Industries plans to invest $25 billion to $30 billion in its major businesses over the next five years, the Economic Times newspaper said on Thursday...
17.02.2011
- Group sales (EUR 7,109 million); sales for continuing activities (EUR 6,796 million) up by 19% compared to 2009, in the context of a more sustained global activity (+14% in the 4th...
17.02.2011
- United States drugs company Merck said on Wednesday it had been unable to sell its Netherlands-based bioscience research unit Organon, or find an alternative solution to avoid...
17.02.2011
- French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA agreed to buy Genzyme Corp with a sweetened $20.1 billion cash offer, plus payments tied to the success of the U.S. biotech group's drugs, the...
16.02.2011
- Clariant has agreed with the major shareholders of Süd-Chemie, Munich, Germany to take over a total of more than 95% of the shares. According to the signed agreement, majority...