14.02.2011
- German trade union IG BCE (mining, chemistry, energy) on Friday demanded a 7% pay hike over 12 months for some 550,000 workers in the chemicals sector. Negotiations for the sector...
11.02.2011
- DuPont is confident that shareholders of Denmark's Danisco will accept the U.S. chemical company's roughly $5.8 billion bid for the maker of food ingredients and enzymes. "We...
11.02.2011
- Valero Energy Corp's Chief Executive Bill Klesse said on Thursday that new refineries in Asia and the Middle East like Reliance Industries giant Jamanagar, India, plant are selling...
11.02.2011
- Novartis and its Sandoz unit, maker of a generic version of an anaesthetic used in lethal injections in the United States, have taken steps to try to stop the drug ending up in the...
11.02.2011
- Shares of Dutch chemical group AkzoNobel surged on talk of private equity takeover interest, traders said, though a deal would be improbably hard to fund, given its 11 billion euro...
10.02.2011
- Brenntag, the global leader in full-line chemical distribution, unveiled its new distribution facility in Jakarta built to meet growing market demand. The facility will provide a...
10.02.2011
- EU chemicals production pushed further upwards in November, increasing 4.2% compared with November 2009, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report. Production in the...
10.02.2011
- Sanofi Aventis Chief Executive Chris Viehbacher said in an interview that the French pharmaceuticals group's offer for Genzyme could be extended for a third time, beyond the Feb...
10.02.2011
- Novartis´ generics unit Sandoz is working on eight to 10 new biosimilar molecules to cement its position as leading maker of copycat versions of pricey biotech drugs, the unit's...
10.02.2011
- More global drugmakers will soon announce plans to establish a local presence in Russia in response to government measures to boost its domestic sector and cut dependence on...
