05.04.2019
- Swiss fine chemicals producer Lonza and Danish biosciences company Chr. Hansen are forming a 50:50 joint venture to develop and manufacture live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) for...
04.04.2019
- Ruling in a long-running dispute between anti-fracking campaigners and Ineos, the UK Court of Appeals has handed an at least partial victory to the protestors. The judgment...
02.04.2019
- Irkutsk Polymer, a wholly owned subsidiary of one of Russia’s largest independent oil and gas producers, has chosen Univation Technologies’ Unipol PE technology for a new plant it...
02.04.2019
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with two petrochemical industry majors, OMV and Borealis – both based in Vienna, Austria – to...
01.04.2019
- A new report, published by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) and based on a study by Oxford Economics, provides a detailed assessment of the chemical...
31.03.2019
- Nouryon has announced plans to double production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at its Los Reyes site in Mexico. The company said the project is in support of the...
31.03.2019
- US science services company Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to buy Brammer Bio for around $1.7 billion, the latest in a spate of gene therapy acquisitions this year by major...
29.03.2019
- Belgian chemical producer Solvay plans to increase its European capacity for hydroquinone by 20%, with the new capability to be in place by the second quarter of this year. Solvay...
28.03.2019
- Australian engineering company WorleyParsons has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Borouge for a fourth expansion of the petrochemicals complex at...
27.03.2019
- German chemical distributor Harke Group has acquired Chemlink Specialities and Addi-Tec, both part of the Manchester, UK-based Chemlink Group. Through the acquisition, the family...
