03.07.2017
- As planned, German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess has revised its organizational structure to reflect the incorporation of activities acquired with US flame retardant and...
30.06.2017
- Canada’s Competition Bureau has given its approval to the merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont, with conditions attached. With the green light now shining from all seven...
30.06.2017
- Germany’s BASF has said it plans to invest around €200 million to strengthen position in the market for the painkiller Ibuprofen market. This will entail building a new world-scale...
28.06.2017
- BASF, Cargill and Procter & Gamble (P&G), all of whom have a stake in the coconut oil industry, have joined together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale...
27.06.2017
- US chemical giant DuPont and its spin-off company Chemours are in the news again in connection with fears of drinking water contamination in the US. Attention is focused once more...
- High-purity Trimethylgallium (TMGa) and Triethylgallium (TEGa) are key materials in manufacturing processes of opto-electronic devices such as LEDs or laser diodes and are...
26.06.2017
- CB&I has won a contract worth around $40 million to expand ethylene capacity at DuPont’s Sabine River Works in Orange, Texas, USA. The US contractor will provide engineering...
22.06.2017
- German industrial gases and engineering firm Linde and China’s state-owned group Sinopec have formed a €145 million joint venture, the sixth between the two companies to date...
22.06.2017
- Chinese chemical group Wanhua and its Hungarian subsidiary BorsodChem have invested in a new bulk storage facility for the isocyanate MDI at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The...
22.06.2017
- In a move it said is aimed at improving competitiveness, Germany specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is streamlining the chrome value chain of its leather business by...