11.02.2020
- Michael Zobel (50), currently head of the High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit, will take over the management of Lanxess subsidiary Saltigo from Torsten Derr (50) on June...
11.02.2020
- As part of a restructuring process expected to take two years, British pharmaceutical giant Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) will split off its consumer health business into a standalone...
11.02.2020
- Signs have been multiplying recently that Bayer is close to an out-of-court settlement of US plaintiffs’ claims that Monsanto’s legacy herbicide Roundup caused their cancer. In...
10.02.2020
- HCS Group was formed in 2013 through the merger of the companies Haltermann and Petrochem Carless, but its roots go back to 1859 (see info box). The supplier of high-quality...
10.02.2020
- Clariant has expanded capacity for activated bleaching earths in Yuncos, Spain, enabling the group to offer an extended portfolio of advanced purification products to the edible...
10.02.2020
- Corteva Agriscience, agrochemicals subsidiary of the regrouped DuPont, is going where the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the company’s part predecessor Dow Chemical...
07.02.2020
- Trying to evaluate the effect of the Corona virus on the chemical industry at this time is difficult. It would be very tempting to reply quoting Zhou Enlai, who reportedly (when...
07.02.2020
- Germany’s WeylChem Group of Companies (WCGC) is upgrading a multi-purpose plant at its Allessa site in Frankfurt. The company puts the investment sum in the range of high single...
07.02.2020
- US drugmaker Merck plans to streamline its organization by spinning off assets with around $6.5 billion in annual revenue. Businesses to be separated out by the first half of 2021...
06.02.2020
- German distributor Oqema Group has acquired Denmark’s Chemark for an undisclosed sum. Based in Tureby, Chemark has been active in the Nordic market for around 20 years with a focus...