12.07.2018
- Just days after Tronox received a green light from European regulators for its takeover of Cristal, albeit with conditions, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed suit...
12.07.2018
- Bayer Animal Health and Mitsui Chemicals Agro (MCAG) have signed a global license agreement to further develop parasiticides for companion animals as pet ownership grows. Under the...
12.07.2018
- French drugmaker Sanofi and private equity investor Advent International have agreed a deal under which Advent will acquire Sanofi's European generics business Zentiva for €1.9...
10.07.2018
- BASF is planning to build a new integrated production hub – a concept it calls “Verbund” – in the South Chinese province of Guangdong. This would ultimately be its third largest...
09.07.2018
- Bio-Techne Corporation is paying $250 million in cash to acquire liquid biopsy manufacturer Exosome Diagnostics. As part of the deal whose completion is expected toward the end of...
09.07.2018
- The EU Commission has approved Tronox’s proposed acquisition of competitor Cristal, subject to the US titanium dioxide producer selling its business for the pigment used in paper...
06.07.2018
- UK specialty chemicals company Elementis is to buy Dutch talc additives producer Mondo Minerals from US private equity firm Advent International for $600 million. Advent bought...
06.07.2018
- In its third acquisition so far this year, German distribution giant Brenntag has signed an agreement with Canada Colors and Chemicals (CCC) to acquire the Toronto company’s...
04.07.2018
- US pharma Catalent has agreed to buy Juniper Pharmaceuticals, including UK-based Juniper Pharma Services, for $133 million, boosting its drug development activities. The addition...
04.07.2018
- Arlanxeo, the Lanxess/Saudi Aramco rubber joint venture, has announced plans to invest a euro sum of “mid- to double-digit millions” to modernize its synthetic rubber production in...