07.01.2019
- In the first major pharma deal of the year, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is to acquire biotech giant Celgene for $74 billion. The cash-and-stock transaction values the US biotech at...
03.01.2019
- Germany’s Wacker is collaborating with Dynaplak, a Dutch manufacturer of bio-based raw materials, to develop hybrid binders for the paints and coatings market. The binders, to be...
03.01.2019
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro has broken ground on a new production facility for polycarbonate film at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand. The company said...
03.01.2019
- BASF is expanding capacity for methane sulfonic acid (MSA) at its Ludwigshafen headquarters site by around 65% and at the same time increasing global output capability to 50,000 t...
03.01.2019
- Amidst the current investment boom, UN climate talks and Brexit, the fine and speciality chemicals industry eagerly awaits their annual get-together at Chemspec Europe 2019 to...
20.12.2018
- Leading specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor Azelis is in exclusive talks to acquire Deafarma, an Italian distributor of APIs. The Milan-based company also offers a...
19.12.2018
- In 2016, Chinese company Shaoxing Eastlake High-Tech commissioned a millireactor which was designed, manufactured and supplied by Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik. The continuously operated...
19.12.2018
- Plant-based raw materials suppler Roquette has completed the acquisition of an unquantified majority stake in Indian pharmaceutical excipients and food ingredients producer Crest...
19.12.2018
- Merck & Co has agreed to acquire French animal health company Antelliq for a cash payment of about €2.1 billion. Upon completion of the deal, expected in the second quarter of 2019...
19.12.2018
- US industrial gases producer Air Products plans to build, own and operate a new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) in the Twin Cities area (Minneapolis / St. Paul) of Minnesota...
