21.01.2019
- Following an in-depth investigation into BASF’s proposed purchase of Solvay’s polyamide business, the European Commission has allowed the €1.6 billion transaction to go ahead. In...
18.01.2019
- BASF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Adani Group to study a €2 billion investment in a joint acrylics complex at Mundra port in Gujarat. The investment...
17.01.2019
- Following the UK Parliament’s rejection of prime minister Theresa May’s plan for an orderly Brexit, European business still lacks clarity about the state of play after Mar. 29...
16.01.2019
- Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Pharmatech has partnered with the Performance Materials business unit of DKSH, a major ingredients and specialty chemicals distributor specializing in Asia...
15.01.2019
- Adama’s expansion in China continues to gather pace with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to potentially buy key parts of Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture’s crop...
14.01.2019
- To underscore its commitment to the EU’s drive to create a circular economy, Saudi Arabian chemical giant SABIC at the end of 2018 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...
11.01.2019
- US industrial gases producer Air Products is building a new liquid hydrogen plant in the US state of California to meet what it said is increasing demand from several customer...
11.01.2019
- In its first acquisition of 2019, Ineos Oxide has completed the purchase of Wilmar’s ethoxylation plant in Lavéra, France. Graham Beesley, Ineos Oxide’s CEO, commented: “This...
11.01.2019
- Less than a month after agreeing to acquire US coatings company Whitford Worldwide, PPG has now pledged to buy German automotive coatings manufacturer Hemmelrath. Financial terms...
10.01.2019
- Each year in March, the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry gathers in New York City for DCAT Week, and this year is no exception. DCAT Week ’19, the flagship event of the Drug...