05.04.2019
- Frankfurt / Weinheim, 03 April 2019. Seven companies from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries have been awarded the "Best Employer in Chemistry" prize as part of the new...
05.04.2019
- Vantage Specialty Chemicals, owned by US private equity group H.I.G. Capital, has signed a definitive agreement to buy Spanish oils company, Textron Plimon. The acquisition is...
05.04.2019
- Swiss fine chemicals producer Lonza and Danish biosciences company Chr. Hansen are forming a 50:50 joint venture to develop and manufacture live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) for...
05.04.2019
- Eastman Chemical has bought Sasol’s Marlotherm heat transfer fluids manufacturing assets in Germany along with related formulations, intellectual property and customer contracts...
03.04.2019
- In a move to accelerate the development of its oncology franchise, AstraZeneca has agreed a $6.9 billion deal with Japanese pharma major Daiichi Sankyo to share rights to a new...
01.04.2019
- A new report, published by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) and based on a study by Oxford Economics, provides a detailed assessment of the chemical...
01.04.2019
- Just two weeks after Safic-Alcan acquired 100% of UK distributor Langley-Smith the Paris, France-based specialty chemicals distributor announced that it has taken 100% of Luigi and...
31.03.2019
- Nouryon has announced plans to double production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at its Los Reyes site in Mexico. The company said the project is in support of the...
31.03.2019
- US science services company Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to buy Brammer Bio for around $1.7 billion, the latest in a spate of gene therapy acquisitions this year by major...
27.03.2019
- German chemical distributor Harke Group has acquired Chemlink Specialities and Addi-Tec, both part of the Manchester, UK-based Chemlink Group. Through the acquisition, the family...
