29.08.2019
- Clariant is planning a “significant” expansion of its catalyst production in Panjin, Liaoning province, northeast China. The Swiss specialty chemicals producer said the double...
28.08.2019
- As the lone chemical producer, BASF has become a founding member of the Value Balancing Alliance. Seven other European companies, including drugmaker Novartis, electrical...
28.08.2019
- A US district judge in Norman, Oklahoma, has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for allegedly fueling the crisis sweeping the country. The country’s largest healthcare...
27.08.2019
- Nouryon has increased capacity and improved efficiency at its metal alkyls plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The company said the series of investments will enable it to...
26.08.2019
- Germany’s Biesterfeld Spezialchemie has acquired Norwegian distribution company Lindberg & Lund for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Oslo, Lindberg & Lund imports, manufactures...
26.08.2019
- Syzygy Plasmonics, a chemical start-up based in Houston, Texas, USA, has raised $5.8 million from corporate and institutional donors, among others to develop the technology to...
23.08.2019
- US private equity investment group SK Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to buy PolyOne’s Performance Products & Solutions (PP&S) business for around $775 million...
22.08.2019
- Dow will install its fluidized catalytic dehydrogenation (FCDh) technology in one of its mixed-feed crackers in Plaquemine, Louisiana, USA, to produce on-purpose propylene. The...
22.08.2019
- To further improve its position in gene therapy, US pharma giant Pfizer is injecting an additional $500 million into its manufacturing plant in Sanford, North Carolina...
21.08.2019
- As widely expected, Bayer has definitively agreed to sell its animal health business to Eli Lilly spinoff Elanco Animal Health. The $7.6 billion deal will create the market’s...