13.01.2016
- BP has agreed to sell its petrochemical complex in Decatur, Alabama, USA, to Thai PET producer Indorama Ventures, the global market leader. Indorama’s AlphaPet PET plant is co...
12.01.2016
- Globally, mergers and acquisitions at a value of USD 372 billion were recorded in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector in 2015. This amounts to an increase of 74% compared with...
11.01.2016
- Germany’s Lanxess has started up its second compounding line for the high-performance plastics PA and PBT at its Gastonia, North Carolina, site in the US. The investment of around...
08.01.2016
- Italian bioplastics developer Bio-on has joined forces with Eridania Sadam’s Gruppo Industriale Maccaferri (S.E.C.I) to build the world’s first plant for the production of...
07.01.2016
- After nearly two years of negotiations, Brazilian energy company Petrobras has agreed a new five-year naphtha supply contract with petrochemical producer Braskem. Under the terms...
29.12.2015
- Swedish drug developer and toll manufacturer Recipharm has signed a long-term agreement with Swiss eye-care treatment company Alcon, part of Novartis, to manufacture a range of...
29.12.2015
- BASF will collaborate with Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical to research and develop an in vitro system as an alternative to animal tests for evaluating the safety of chemicals. As a first...
23.12.2015
- German chemical distributor Brenntag has signed an agreement to purchase Leis Polytechnik for €15.9 million. The company specializes in the development, production and distribution...
21.12.2015
- US chlorvinyls company Axiall and South Korea’s Lotte Chemical have made a final investment decision to construct an ethylene plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. The facility...
21.12.2015
- As plans for the merger of Dow and DuPont gather momentum, customers and employees as well as local businesses in communities where some of their operations are based are concerned...
