20.08.2018
- Brenntag has bought specialty chemicals distributor Alphamin from Belgium’s KeBek Private Equity, marking the fourth acquisition for the German distribution giant this year...
20.08.2018
- Ineos has succeeded for a second time in having national authorities override a local UK Council decision not to allow shale gas exploration on its territory. The National Planning...
15.08.2018
- Saudi petrochemicals and plastics group SABIC is working with US product design firm Nottingham Spirk to develop new uses for its specialty materials. With this partnership SABIC...
15.08.2018
- Chemetall, the surface treatment business of BASF’s Coatings division, is investing in a new site in Zhejiang province, China. The complex, which will be located in the Dushan Port...
14.08.2018
- Saudi Aramco continues to move swiftly toward building up a major presence in the downstream sector. Days after pledging to take German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess’ 50%...
10.08.2018
- Reacting to what it said is strong local demand for the intermediate used to produce PA 6.6, US nylon giant Invista has begun engineering work on a world-scale adiponitrile (ADN)...
10.08.2018
- PET market leader Indorama Ventures is acquiring French recycler Sorepla for an undisclosed sum. The company with 58 employees is one of the largest recyclers in Europe, operating...
09.08.2018
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is selling its half of the 50:50 joint venture Arlanxeo to its Middle East partner Saudi Aramco and exiting the synthetic rubber...
06.08.2018
- The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is scaling back and suspending some activities as it loses more staff than initially anticipated in advance of its relocation from the UK to the...
06.08.2018
- Indian chemical contractor Nuberg EPC has secured a $53 million project to build a chlor-alkali and chlorine derivatives complex for Saudi Factory for Chlorine and Alkalies (SACHLO...