Ineos Olefins Belgium has received an environment permit for its planned €3 billion shale gas-fed ethane cracker in the Port of Antwerp, which is now due on steam in 2026...

Peter Wilkes (60) has been appointed to the Executive Board of the Biesterfeld Group with effect from Jan. 1, 2022. Wilkes will continue to serve as spokesperson for the...

Invista Textiles (UK), a division of US nylon giant Invista, has signed an agreement with China Resources Yantai Nylon to license technology for a new plant in China. The...

Between the Christmas and the New Year’s bells and on both sides, the international pharmaceutical and healthcare sector continued battling the coronavirus pandemic. In...

US food giant Cargill has agreed to buy most of Croda’s Performance Technologies and Industrial Chemicals (PTIC) business for €915 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis...

Mastering the challenges of an ever-evolving enterprise has always been a fundamental part of the day-to-day life of any chemical business leader. However, today – in the...

Dutch-based multinational specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD agreed two acquisitions in late December, namely Polychem in Austria and RPL Trading in...

BASF is selling its US-based attapulgite business to Clariant for $60 million. The deal expected to close in summer 2022 following regulatory approval also includes the...

The Life Science business segment of Germany’s Merck has won a €121 million US government contract to build a new plant for its “Hi-Flow" Plus lateral flow membranes used...

Private equity group SK Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in French firm Seqens, at the same time merging portfolio company Wavelength...