04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
03.12.2015
- With the planned acquisition of Indian PET producer MicroPET, Thailand-based global market leader Indorama Ventures has hooked up the missing link in its Asian presence, CEO Aloka...
03.12.2015
- Oil and petrochemicals giant Shell declared force majeure on production of base chemical products from its Bukom plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island on Dec. 1, citing a technical...
03.12.2015
- Croda International has agreed to buy Dutch seeds enhancement business Incotec for €155 million. Incotec supplies proprietary and sustainable technologies for vegetable seeds and...
02.12.2015
- US biopharmaceutical company Baxalta has received European marketing approval for its hemophilia treatment Obizur. The drug is said to be the first recombinant porcine sequence...
01.12.2015
- In another step aimed at increasing its business with India’s growing automotive sector, LyondellBasell has agreed to acquire the polypropylene compounding assets of Zylog...
01.12.2015
- Indonesian energy group Pertamina and Saudi Aramco, the state-owned Saudi Arabian oil company, have signed a heads of agreement for joint ownership, operation and upgrade of the...
20.11.2015
- Chemours, which encompasses the Performance Chemicals business spun off from DuPont in July, has said it will sell its Beaumont, Texas, plant to Dow Chemical, one of its main...
19.11.2015
- 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) is an important chemical intermediate product and raw material for plastics, solvents and synthetic fibers. The alcohol’s production capacities have been...
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