10.07.2014
- Centroflora CMS (C2 Pharma), a specialist in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), has acquired manufacturing assets for a group of phytochemical APIs from German drugmaker...
09.07.2014
- Supply chain management (SCM) requirements have changed significantly over the past few years. The buzzword nowadays when managing global supply chains is adaptation to increasing...
09.07.2014
- Archer Daniels Midland Company is acquiring Wild Flavors, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. In an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €2.3 billion enterprise value, ADM...
07.07.2014
- March 2014 saw KSB AG, Frankenthal, Germany, win a contract to supply 189 process pumps for the new Nghi Son refinery in Vietnam. The location is situated around 200 kilometres...
04.07.2014
- Oxea has declared force majeure for n/i butanol n/i butyl acetate-propanol and n-propyl acetate produced at its Bay City, Texas site. The company cites a "malfunction in the...
04.07.2014
- Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical, plans to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into...
04.07.2014
- Japan's Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) and Saudi petrochemical giant Sabic have announced a start-up date of mid-2017 for their MMA and PMMA plants at Al Jubail / Saudi Arabia. Initial...
02.07.2014
- German chemical producer Lanxess has started up its new world-scale polyamide plant at Antwerp, Belgium. The 90,000 t/y facility was built at a cost of €75 million and will supply...
02.07.2014
- In a deal that will help expand its business in Mexico and Central America, US paints and coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to buy Mexican paints manufacturer Consorcio...
01.07.2014
- Global overcapacity and slack demand are leading Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) to consolidate its polycarbonate (PC) sheet business. In the latest move, the company has announced...
