26.04.2017
- The chemical industry is the most important supplier of the pharmaceutical industry, but it can´t keep pace with the economic strength and R&D intensity of pharma. This underlines...
26.04.2017
- After robust yet modest chemicals M&A activity in 2016, expectations for the year ahead are high. The value of completed deals in 2016 decreased slightly against 2015 to around...
26.04.2017
- Flexibility is a key to mastering volatility and designing a patient-centric supply chain. To optimize flexibility, companies must carefully balance the costs and benefits. The...
26.04.2017
- Singapore-based DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (DSP), a joint venture of Dutch chemicals and life sciences group DSM of the Netherlands and China’s Sinochem, is expanding production...
25.04.2017
- Consistent with the Kingdom’s Saudi Vision 2030 strategy, Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser, speaking at a recent global energy summit in New York, said the group will...
25.04.2017
- Following all approvals, Cologne, Germany-based Lanxess has completed its acquisition of Chemtura, Phliadelphia-headquartered US specialty chemicals producer for €2.4 billion. The...
24.04.2017
- Hanwha Total Petrochemical, the 50:50 joint venture between South Korean conglomerate Hanwha and French energy group Total, will spend $450 million to increase ethylene production...
21.04.2017
- Following the conclusion of a feedstock supply agreement in May 2016, Saudi companies Maydan Industry for Industrial Development & Investments, Ahmed Kassim Al-Amoudi Group and...
21.04.2017
- US petrochemicals giant ExxonMobil Chemical and Saudi Arabia’s national champion SABIC have chosen a site in San Patricio County, in the US state of Texas, for a proposed...
21.04.2017
- As a debate rages over plans by the US state of Arkansas to execute eight death row inmates before its supply of lethal drugs expires at the end of April, the international...