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16.12.2018
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has signed on to exclusively market US chemical producer Eastman’s Tamisolve NxG solvent to the global agriculture sector. The solvent...
16.12.2018
- PPG has reached a definitive agreement to buy US coatings company Whitford Worldwide for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Elverson, Pennsylvania, privately owned Whitford...
14.12.2018
- AkzoNobel has taken full ownership of AkzoNobel Swire Paints (ANSP), its decorative paints joint venture in China with Swire Industrial. The Dutch paints and coatings group has...
13.12.2018
- The European Chemical Industry Council, CEFIC, is forecasting modest growth of around 0.5% in 2019, compared to 2018. Marco Mensink, director general of the association...
12.12.2018
- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, the UK-domiciled, US-focused specialty drugmaker, plans to break up into two differentiated companies, with one focused on innovative specialty...
12.12.2018
- Swiss-based Lonza is working with GE Healthcare, a General Electric subsidiary, to establish a biologics facility in Guangzhou, China. The deal will give Lonza a strategic base in...
11.12.2018
- Sweden’s Perstorp has agreed to sell its Capa caprolactone business to US specialty chemicals and materials manufacturer Ingevity for around €590 million. The divestment is part of...
11.12.2018
- Sanofi is seeking to cull its workforce as it resets priorities. A French union representative told the news agency Reuters that the drugmaker is targeting 670 “voluntary...
11.12.2018
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess said it plans to invest around €200 million to strengthen its global production base for flame retardants up to 2021. The company runs a...