06.02.2020
- German specialty chemicals group Evonik has successfully completed its now $640 million acquisition of US peroxides manufacturer PeroxyChem after a US court in Washington DC...
05.02.2020
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess has completed the acquisition of Brazilian biocides specialist Itibanyl Produtos Especiais (IPEL) following approval of the deal by the...
04.02.2020
- Successful innovation and emerging-market demand are underpinning growth in an industry which benefits from powerful secular trends such as ageing populations and more affluent...
04.02.2020
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and life sciences group Merck KGaA is investing €250 million over three years in a new facility at Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, which will be...
03.02.2020
- US specialty chemicals company Celanese has announced it is buying Nouryon’s Elotex range of redispersible polymer powders for an undisclosed sum. Celanese said the acquisition...
03.02.2020
- Following all approvals and the transfer of its European polyamide business to Domo, Solvay has completed the sale of its non-European PA activities to BASF for €1.3 billion on a...
31.01.2020
- Nouryon has entered into an agreement to buy J.M. Huber’s carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) business, continuing its plans to accelerate growth. The transaction includes a...
30.01.2020
- Italian engineering group Saipem has bought carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology belonging to Canada’s CO2 Solutions (CSI) for an undisclosed sum. CSI has developed the...
30.01.2020
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is pressing ahead with the digitalization of production. In its latest move, the company said it has implemented a self-service...
29.01.2020
- Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca plans to invest up to $1 billion in a scheme it calls Ambition Zero Carbon, which as the name suggests is aimed at achieving zero carbon...