18.01.2017
- A second chemical-pharmaceuticals company may have won points toward US approval of its mega-merger plans by making promises of research spending and job creation to President...
17.01.2017
- US-based RPM International has kicked off 2017 with a buying spree. The Medina, Ohio-headquartered firm has acquired three businesses in the early days of January, the first of...
13.01.2017
- American drugmakers, who had hoped US President-Elect Donald Trump would go easier on the industry than Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had promised to do, received an...
13.01.2017
- French specialty chemicals producer Arkema is spending $90 million on upgrading technology at its Clear Lake, Texas site acrylic acid production units. When the two production...
12.01.2017
- Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings will acquire a 1,000 t/y carbon fiber plant at Evanston in the US state of Wyoming from Germany’s SGL Carbon under a deal announced this week. The...
11.01.2017
- Major industrial gases group Air Products has confirmed its offer to buy China’s Yingde Gases Group. The US-based company submitted a proposal letter late last month expressing a...
10.01.2017
- Chinese biotechnology company Origin Agritech has signed a definitive agreement with US seeds specialist DuPont Pioneer to gain access to non-GMO corn seed products for sale to the...
09.01.2017
- US specialty chemicals company Chemtura is expanding its relationship with Azelis Americas with effect from Feb. 1, 2017. The company will become Chemtura’s sole distributor for...
04.01.2017
- French isocyanates producer Vencorex, a joint venture between Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical with 51% and Sweden’s Perstorp with 49%, has announced the completion of several...
04.01.2017
- US-based food safety company Neogen has acquired Rogama Indústria e Comércio, a Brazilian developer and manufacturer of rodenticides and insecticides. Financial terms were not...