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...
20.04.2017
- Ashland Global Holdings has agreed to buy Pharmachem Laboratories for $660 million in cash. Pharmachem’s CEO, Colin Macintyre, said the deal combines its custom manufacturing...
