07.02.2020
- US drugmaker Merck plans to streamline its organization by spinning off assets with around $6.5 billion in annual revenue. Businesses to be separated out by the first half of 2021...
06.02.2020
- German distributor Oqema Group has acquired Denmark’s Chemark for an undisclosed sum. Based in Tureby, Chemark has been active in the Nordic market for around 20 years with a focus...
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...
