08.10.2019
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its € 5.8 billion acquisition of US-based Versum Materials. The Darmstadt-headquartered pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer said the buy makes...
07.10.2019
- As Brexit nears, concern is rising in the UK over Ineos’ proposal to close its 280,000 t/y acrylonitrile plant at Seal Sands on Teesside in northeast England. The Swiss...
04.10.2019
- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested additional information from both Allergan and AbbVie as it digs deeper into the proposed merger of the two drugmakers. Biopharma...
04.10.2019
- The International Bromine Council (BSEF) has issued a statement voicing its strong opposition to the “arbitrary and discriminatory” ban on halogenated flame retardants in the EU’s...
02.10.2019
- Dutch fertilizer and industrial chemicals group OCI and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have completed the merger of their fertilizer assets, which was first announced in...
02.10.2019
- BASF will expand capacity for ethylene oxide (EO) and EO derivatives at Antwerp, Belgium, to support customer demand. The German producer will invest more than €500 million to add...
Azelis has signed an agreement to acquire Orkila, a leading specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor operating in Africa and the Middle East.
30.09.2019
- The Oqema Group is strengthening its service offering with a new laboratory for product development in Cologne. The state-of-the-art laboratory is focused on the existing surface...
30.09.2019
- BASF has boosted its aroma ingredients business through two deals – an acquisition of Dutch flavor and fragrance company Isobionics and a partnership agreement with US synthetic...
25.09.2019
- Solvay has announced plans to increase soda ash capacity in Green River, Wyoming, USA, in order to meet long-term global demand growth. The company will also expand sodium...
