04.06.2019
- In its first foray into the Middle East, Ineos has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Aramco and French energy and chemicals group Total to build three new plants in...
03.06.2019
- Japanese chemical producers Nippon Shokubai and Sanyo Chemical Industries entered into a basic agreement on May 29 to consider a merger of equals in response to declining domestic...
03.06.2019
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has started up its new masterbatch plant at Guangzhou, China. The site also includes a state-of-art workshop and an upgraded advanced...
31.05.2019
- Japanese chemical company Showa Denko has agreed to buy ILAG Industrielack, a Swiss manufacturer of specialty non-stick coating chemicals (NSCs), from investors led by private...
31.05.2019
- A recent decision by the US Supreme Court to remand a number of product liability lawsuits against US drugmaker Merck & Co to an appeals court has peaked the pharmaceutical...
30.05.2019
- Amid the jostling for a prominent position in the growing 3D printing sector, another partnership between a chemical company and an additives specialist has been formed. German...
29.05.2019
- Chinese contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) WuXi Biologics has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a “global vaccine leader” to construct a dedicated...
29.05.2019
- China’s drug regulatory authority, National Medical Product Administration (NMPA), has approved GlaxoSmithKline’s new vaccine for herpes zoster (shingles) in adults 50 years old or...
28.05.2019
- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim is planning to invest around 1.6 billion pesos (about $84 million) at its three manufacturing sites in Mexico over the next two years, with...
28.05.2019
- The EU has adopted new rules for fertilizers from 2022, setting limits on toxic contaminants for the first time as well as opening the market for organic products. The regulation...