19.01.2018
- Ineos is seeking planning permission from the Falkirk Council – the governing body that has jurisdiction for Grangemouth – to build a new energy plant and pipe bridge near Bo’ness...
17.01.2018
- UK specialty chemicals company Croda has acquired Nautilus Biosciences Canada, a marine biotechnology company based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Financial terms...
12.01.2018
- German chemical producer Evonik has signed a toll manufacturing agreement with China’s Fufeng Group that will see Fufeng produce Evonik’s L-threonine amino acid in China, using the...
10.01.2018
- US industrial gases producer Air Products has announced it will buy Shell’s coal gasification technology business along with its patent portfolio for liquids (Residue) gasification...
09.01.2018
- In the run-up to its merger with DuPont, Dow last year announced investments worth $4 billion to be realized over the next five years, including an expansion of its Texas cracker...
09.01.2018
- Across the pond, Europe ,too, saw some major investment announcements in 2017, the first for many years. Olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos led the way. Its three major projects...
09.01.2018
- China continued to draw in investors. ExxonMobil Chemical signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement and an MoU with authorities in Huizhou to jointly evaluate plans for a...
08.01.2018
- The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...
08.01.2018
- The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...
08.01.2018
- Irish sales, marketing and support services group DCC has agreed to buy Tega-Technische Gase und Gasetechnik, Linde’s German LPG and refrigerant gas distribution business...
