10.09.2019
- Songwon’s CEO and executive board member Maurizio Butti died on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Prior to his position as CEO, which he held since March 2016, he was chief operating...
06.09.2019
- Russian petrochemicals and plastics giant Sibur is considering extending the configuration of its proposed Amur Gas Chemical Complex (AGCC) in Russia’s far east following another...
04.09.2019
- With a new flexible natural gas and steam turbine power plant set to be installed at its Marl Chemical Park in Germany by 2022, Evonik will end coal-fired power generation at the...
15.08.2019
- Dow has agreed to sale its acetone derivatives business to Altivia Ketones & Additives, an affiliate of Altivia Petrochemicals, a privately owned chemicals producer headquartered...
09.08.2019
- Ineos has awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for its new vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant to US-headquartered contractor Fluor. The value of the contract...
07.08.2019
- In separate transactions still subject to approval by regulatory authorities, Bayer and Lanxess have sold their respective 60% and 40% stakes in German infrastructure company...
30.07.2019
- New York-based US drugs giant Pfizer is merging its off-patent franchise, Upjohn, with generics specialist Mylan. The deal announced on Jul. 29 and expected to close in mid-2020...
29.07.2019
- South African energy and chemicals group Sasol has selected Chile’s Enaex, a subsidiary of the Sigdo Koppers Group, as its preferred partner to negotiate terms and conditions for...
19.07.2019
- In a major expansion project, Nouryon has doubled its capacity for dicumyl peroxide (DCP), an organic peroxide, in Ningbo, China. The former AkzoNobel specialty chemicals business...