02.03.2010
- Indian energy major Reliance Industries is likely to turn its attention to other acquisition opportunities if its bid for LyondellBasell, valuing the bankrupt firm at $14.5 billion...
01.03.2010
- Chemical distributor Brenntag has acquired the chemical distribution assets of Metausel, headquartered in Strasbourg, France. Established in 1934, Metausel distributes mainly...
Evonik Industries AG - The Catalysts Business Line of Evonik has expanded its portfolio of metathesis catalysts. It is offering its customers three new, efficient homogeneous catalysts that cover a broad...
Starna Scientific Ltd. - Starna Scientific offers a lifetime guarantee on all Starna manufactured Certified Reference Materials (CRMs). The guarantee provides for a free of charge replacement should the...
01.03.2010
- The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing) coordinated by CNRS, France, was launched on March 1 and will run for...
01.03.2010
- Evonik Industries has acquired the catalyst business of H.C. Starck GmbH based in Goslar, Germany. The know-how and technology relating to the production and use of Amperkat...
01.03.2010
- U.S. private equity firm TPG has emerged as a front runner to buy Dow Chemical's Styron plastics business, Wall Street Journal said, citing several people familiar with the matter...
01.03.2010
- U.S. specialty chemicals maker Solutia is set to buy closely held Etimex Solar, a maker of chemicals used in solar panels, for $326 million in cash, Wall Street Journal said. The...
01.03.2010
- Rockwood Holdings, a specialty chemicals company, said on Sunday that its operations escaped damage from the massive earthquake that struck Chile over the weekend. The company...
01.03.2010
- Germany's Merck KGaA on Sunday said it agreed to buy U.S. biotech tool maker Millipore for around $6 billion in cash, as the company looks to build its lab equipment business...
