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...
16.07.2019
- Ineos Phenol has confirmed its previously announced plans to build a world-scale cumene plant at its site in Marl, Germany. Based on Badger technology, the facility will have a...
04.07.2019
- Austria’s Lenzing Group said it plans to invest €1billion to increase production of its Tencel brand lyocell fibers to meet the strong demand. The first expansion phase...
12.06.2019
- Axalta, globally active US producer of liquid and powder coatings, is building a new state-of-the-art facility for its Dutch refinish business at Business Park Medel in Tiel, the...
06.06.2019
- Sterling Pharma Solutions, a UK-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that its pilot plant expansion at Cramlington is now operational...
24.05.2019
- Eastern China is now being eyed as the most likely source of the higher levels of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) detected in the atmosphere, countering a multi-year...
