19.06.2019
- BASF and China’s Sichuan Lutianhua Co. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop a pilot plant to produce dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas with significantly...
18.06.2019
- Dutch fertilizer and industrial chemicals group OCI and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) are to partner their fertilizer operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)...
14.06.2019
- Canada’s Superior Plus is considering selling its specialty chemicals business, which trades as ERCO Worldwide, as it seeks to become a pure play energy business focused on retail...
13.06.2019
- Styrenics specialist Ineos Styrolution, since 2016 wholly owned by the Ineos group, has reportedly applied to the state government of Texas for tax incentives to realize plans for...
11.06.2019
- Canadian biotech company Phoenix Molecular Designs (PhoenixMD) and partner STA Pharmaceutical (WuXi STA), a Chinese contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), have...
11.06.2019
- German engineering plastics manufacturer Covestro has appointed Sucheta Govil to the position of chief commercial officer (CCO) on its management board. On Aug. 1, the 55-year-old...
07.06.2019
- Russian petrochemicals and plastics giant Sibur has signed several agreements with Chinese state-owned conglomerate Sinopec. One deal relates to Sinopec’s potential participation...
07.06.2019
- Bayer is already facing more than US 13,000 lawsuit contending that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Now – as had been widely speculated over the past few weeks – it has...
07.06.2019
- Despite a “challenging” global economy, output of the US chemical industry will continue to grow this year, the industry association American Chemistry Council (ACC) forecasts in...
06.06.2019
- Dutch specialty chemicals company Nouryon has announced a new organizational model as part of its strategy to accelerate growth and drive performance improvement. The new model...