29.07.2019
- South African energy and chemicals group Sasol has selected Chile’s Enaex, a subsidiary of the Sigdo Koppers Group, as its preferred partner to negotiate terms and conditions for...
26.07.2019
- Up until recently, the Oqema Group was represented in Switzerland with a branch in Stansstad on the banks of Lake Lucerne, which primarily promoted contract business around the...
24.07.2019
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant has agreed to sell its healthcare packaging business to a newly formed affiliate of US private equity group Arsenal Capital Partners for...
24.07.2019
- Leon, Spain-based ADL Bionatur Solutions and Amyris of Emeryville, California, USA, have extended an existing production agreement that foresees ADL producing up to five fermented...
23.07.2019
- US private equity group Yellow Wood Partners has agreed to acquire the Dr. Scholl’s footcare business from Bayer for $585 million. Following completion of the transaction in this...
22.07.2019
- Austrian oil and gas group OMV has announced its intention to invest €64 million in an isobutene plant at its Burghausen refinery in Germany. The facility will use a new technology...
19.07.2019
- In a major expansion project, Nouryon has doubled its capacity for dicumyl peroxide (DCP), an organic peroxide, in Ningbo, China. The former AkzoNobel specialty chemicals business...
19.07.2019
- In its first acquisition so far this year, AkzoNobel has agreed to buy French aerospace coatings manufacturer Mapaero for an undisclosed sum. Based in Pamiers, southwestern France...
18.07.2019
- The Rise of e-Commerce The chemical sector is a laggard in the adoption of digital solutions at the customer interface. Buying and selling chemicals feels more complex than it...
17.07.2019
- PetroLogistics II has announced its intention to build a 500,000 t/y propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant on the US Gulf Coast using technology from Dow. The Houston-based company...