04.03.2019
- Azelis has strengthened its presence in the Indian food & health market with the purchase of MK Ingredients & Specialties and its subsidiary SSD Industries. Financial terms were...
01.03.2019
- ACG Group has expanded its footprint in Brazil with the launch of a new capsules manufacturing plant in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, west of Rio de Janeiro. With approximately 350...
01.03.2019
- Ineos has selected its Hull, Saltend, UK, site as the location for its long planned 300,000 t/y vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant, which will cost £150 million and form part of a...
01.03.2019
- Nouryon – the former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals – has licensed its carbon disulfide (CS2) manufacturing technology to an unnamed “leading viscose fibers manufacturer” in...
28.02.2019
- DSM and partner Roquette will dissolve their biosuccinic acid joint venture Reverdia with effect from Apr.1, 2019. All rights and obligations related to Reverdia’s Biosuccinium...
28.02.2019
- Swiss drugs giant Roche has agreed to pay $4.3 billion for Spark Therapeutics, marking the latest purchase of a biotech company by big pharma. The deal gives Roche the first US...
28.02.2019
- The Board of Directors of Tempe, Arizona-based electronic chemicals supplier Versum Materials has rejected Merck's unsolicited and non-binding proposal to acquire Versum for $48...
27.02.2019
- US chemical company W.R. Grace has started building a new colloidal silica plant at its flagship European site in Worms, Germany. The project is expected to be completed in the...
26.02.2019
- US-based Aceto Corp. is selling its chemicals assets to investment firm New Mountain Capital for $338 million under a “stalking-horse” agreement. Aceto and its US subsidiaries...
26.02.2019
- The EU is adopting new rules that should make it easier for producers of generic drugs and biosimilars in member states to compete on the global market. On Feb. 20, the states...
