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...
04.01.2018
- From 1 January 2018, the tank container industry will be represented by a single global organization, following the merger of ITCO (International Tank Container Organisation) and...
21.12.2017
- Engineering and construction groups CB&I and McDermott International have agreed to merge in an estimated $6 billion all-stock transaction, creating a vertically integrated onshore...
19.12.2017
- Lonza’s finished the implementation of new anti-counterfeiting security capabilities at its integrated development and manufacturing site for biopharmaceutical liquid-filled hard...
