06.09.2010
- AkzoNobel has been selected by Walmart to be the primary paint supplier for the retailer's US stores. The company will develop and manufacture a portfolio of interior and exterior...
06.09.2010
- Air Products today announced a contract to supply Voronezhsintezkauchuk, part of Russia and Eastern Europe's leading petrochemical company Sibur, with a new on-site air separation...
06.09.2010
- French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis would be prepared to moderately raise its $69 per share offer for Genzyme if the U.S. biotech agreed to negotiate, Dow Jones reported, citing a...
06.09.2010
- Belgian drugs, chemicals and plastics maker Solvay said on Sunday it had decided to build a new hydrogen fluoride installation for a Chinese joint venture. Solvay said it had come...
03.09.2010
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CVC Capital Partners today announced a definitive agreement for CD&R to acquire a 42.5% ownership interest in Univar, a leading global distributor of...
03.09.2010
- Airgas today announced it has signed a strategic agreement with BAE Systems, the UK-based defense and aerospace company. Airgas will supply BAE System's manufacturing locations...
03.09.2010
- Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories has decided against the sale of its European flu-vaccine business after initial bids came in below its expectations, a company spokeswoman confirmed...
03.09.2010
- Shares in Sirius Exploration, the only London-listed potash company, have kept on rising after an initial boost from the hostile takeover bid for Potash, the world's largest...
02.09.2010
- U.S. biotech Genzyme, which has rejected an $18.5 billion offer from French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis, appears to hold the upper hand in the takeover struggle, according to Geoffrey...
02.09.2010
- French oil company Total has received offers for its UK Lindsey refinery and hopes to sell it by the end of the year, Chief Executive Officer Christophe de Margerie, said on...