15.02.2019
- Afyren, a young French biochemicals company, is pressing ahead with plans for industrial scale production of bio-based organic acids from recovered non-food biomass through a...
14.02.2019
- In the era of big data and a growing interest in Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0, the pressure to innovate is especially strong in the process-enabling industries. As...
12.02.2019
- Airgas, a division of French industrial gases group Air Liquide, has agreed to acquire TA Corporate Holdings (Tech Air) from its management and CI Capital Partners for an...
11.02.2019
- Following a strategic review, Univar has agreed to sell Nexeo Plastics to an affiliate of private equity group One Rock Capital Partners for an enterprise value of $640 million...
11.02.2019
- Privately owned Belgian chemicals distributor and plastics compounder Ravago has finalized its acquisition of DowDuPont’s European insulation material business for an undisclosed...
08.02.2019
- A new B2B trading platform operated by specialty chemicals producer Evonik, which opened trials late last year under the name C4Buy, is gearing up for full-time operation, the...
07.02.2019
- BASF has completed the merger of its wet-end Paper and Water Chemicals business into Solenis following all regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed. The combined...
06.02.2019
- Janssen, the pharmaceuticals arm of Johnson & Johnson, is once again collaborating with US clinical-stage gene therapy company MeiraGTx to develop and commercialize treatments for...
04.02.2019
- At the beginning of this year, prospects are bright for operators across the oil and gas and chemical sectors. The push towards digital transformation and the ongoing advance of...
03.02.2019
- Japan’s Hitachi Chemical is buying Apceth Biopharma, a German contract manufacturer of complex cell-based and gene-therapy products, for €75.5 million. The acquisition is expected...
