23.08.2018
- Having agreed certain concessions, including a divestment, to appease EU regulators, Tronox has finally secured approval from the European Commission for its acquisition of Cristal...
22.08.2018
- Danish technology and catalysis group Haldor Topsoe has bought out partner Ferrostaal’s 50% stake in their Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects joint venture, gaining full control. Financial...
21.08.2018
- UK-based process engineering firm BPE has appointed Robert Bussey as process safety manager. Bussey has 20 years of experience in process safety within the pharmaceutical and...
21.08.2018
- GlaxoSmithKline has announced it will close its Stiefel Laboratories plant in Sligo, Ireland, with the loss of 165 jobs, blaming declining demand. The closure will take place on a...
The German startup Chembid, which operates a metasearch engine and online platform for chemicals, is extending their service with the launch of the new in-house marketing...
20.08.2018
- Brenntag has bought specialty chemicals distributor Alphamin from Belgium’s KeBek Private Equity, marking the fourth acquisition for the German distribution giant this year...
17.08.2018
- The business unit Precious Metals Chemistry of Umicore is expanding its existing cross-coupling catalyst portfolio with Buchwald precatalysts that the Belgian materials technology...
17.08.2018
- US specialty biopharma Emergent BioSolutions has agreed to buy PaxVax in an all-cash deal worth $270 million. PaxVax is majority owned by an affiliate of American private equity...
16.08.2018
- ICI Pakistan has signed a deal to manufacture, formulate and distribute Huntsman Textile Effects’ products in Pakistan. The Karachi-headquartered group said the agreement combines...
16.08.2018
- The Australian Patent Office has granted an application by Germany’s Merck KGaA to patent the use of paired CRISPR nickases. The Darmstadt-based group said, these “represent a...