15.05.2018
- DuPont Electronics & Imaging has announced plans to expand production for its Kapton polyimide film by up to 20% by the end of the first quarter of 2019. The increase will take...
15.05.2018
- As the second full week in May began, globe-trotting diplomats from France, Germany and the UK, as well as Iran, were scrambling to save the 2015 Iran nuclear accord formally known...
14.05.2018
- Air Products has completed the acquisition of Shell’s coal gasification technology licensing business. Financial terms of the deal, which was first announced in January, were not...
11.05.2018
- European private equity group Astorg has agreed to buy Dutch UV curable materials manufacturer IGM Resins from Arsenal Capital Partners. Financial terms of the deal, which is...
11.05.2018
- Swiss drugs giant Novartis inadvertently moved into the US political spotlight this week as reports emerged it had engaged a firm controlled by Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer...
10.05.2018
- International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has agreed to buy Frutarom in a cash and stock acquisition valued at $7.1 billion, including debt. The combined company will have 2018...
10.05.2018
- Agricommerce giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and chemical giant DowDuPont have inaugurated a pilot plant at Decatur, Illinois, USA, to test manufacture a new bioplastic made...
08.05.2018
- The US state of Pennsylvania has approved the restart of construction on the Mariner East 2 pipeline and allowed the adjoining Mariner East to resume operation. At the same time it...
07.05.2018
- Celanese has announced plans to expand and debottleneck capacities for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) and acetic acid across its global network. The Dallas-headquartered group will...
04.05.2018
- BASF is merging its paper wet-end and water chemicals business into US specialty chemicals producer Solenis to form what it said will be a customer-focused global solutions...