20.03.2020
- Huntsman has agreed to buy CVC Thermoset Specialities, a North American specialty chemical manufacturer, for $300 million in cash. CVC makes highly specialized toughening, curing...
19.03.2020
- The Additives business of Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant and UK-based bioplastics producer Floreon are collaborating to extend the performance properties and market...
19.03.2020
- Methanex has idled its Titan plant in Trinidad effective Mar. 16 and will also idle its Chile IV facility as of Apr. 1. The Canadian methanol producer said the changes are for an...
19.03.2020
- Japan’s AGC (formerly Asahi Glass Chemical) has launched a voluntary tender offer to buy Italian clinical-stage biotech Molecular Medicine, known as Molmed. Molmed focuses on...
19.03.2020
- The race to have a COVID-19 vaccine available for clinical trials is rapidly heating up. In the first three days of this week, two US companies and a German biotech in cooperation...
As customers engage in more multi-channel interactions, having a deep understanding of these journeys is an essential component for the customer service function, and for...
16.03.2020
- Olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos said late last week it would take immediate action, beginning Mar. 16, to limit the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 among its staff and...
13.03.2020
- Biogen and Vir Biotechnology, the new company of its former Biogen CEO George Scangos, have signed a letter of intent to develop and manufacture a new antibody to fight COVID-19...
13.03.2020
- Despite a better than expected fourth quarter 2019, the German chemical industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) has revised its outlook for 2020 slightly...
12.03.2020
- Braskem America, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Brazilian petrochemical group Braskem, and Compact Membrane Systems (CMS) are jointly developing a pilot-scale demonstration...