08.05.2015
- Chemical distributors and logistics companies play a crucial role in the supply chain of chemical and pharmaceutical products. Formulating, distributing and delivering chemical...
08.05.2015
- German chemical producers organized in the industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) are concerned about the impact of the new rules for fracking being debated in...
06.05.2015
- For the second consecutive year, the Boston Consulting Group has conducted a total shareholder return (TSR) analysis of the chemical industry. The top 10 chemical companies have...
30.04.2015
- Despite the damage inflicted upon Deutsche Bahn's image by the recent train drivers' strike, combined transport (CT) is becoming increasingly popular in the economy. Shipping and...
28.04.2015
- Nelson Peltz, the activist shareholder owner of hedge fund Trian Fund Management, which is pressing for DuPont to split into two companies, has gained a powerful backer in proxy...
28.04.2015
- In its first reaction to the hostile takeover bid by Israeli generics giant Teva, the board of Dutch-based drugmaker Mylan has unanimously rejected the more than $40 billion offer...
23.04.2015
- The European Commission has finalized new rules allowing member states the freedom to restrict or prohibit the import of genetically modified crops for food or feed, even if they...
16.04.2015
- European chemical production rose 0.2% in 2014, the chemical industry federation CEFIC said in its just-published Chemicals Trends Report. By contrast, sales fell 1% year-on-year...
14.04.2015
- Trian Fund Management, investment vehicle of DuPont activist shareholder Nelson Peltz, which currently owns shares in the chemical giant worth around $1.8 billion, has urged the...
24.03.2015
- (CHEManager International 3-4/2015) Abundance of capital investment With the recent fall-off in oil prices, companies in virtually all sectors of the oil, gas and chemicals (OGC)...
