Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay in excess of $100 million to resolve more than 1,000 class action lawsuits claiming its talc-based baby powder caused their...
French energy and petrochemicals giant Total is planning to convert its Grandpuits refinery south of Paris into a zero-crude platform that will produce bioplastics as...
Without products based directly or indirectly on chemicals, life as we know it would be unsustainable. According to various sources, more than 95% of the products around...
Japan’s Showa Denko has decided to consolidate its two European subsidiaries to expand business operations in the region. Effective Jan. 1, 2021, Showa Denko Carbon...
LyondellBasell has agreed to pay $2 billion for a 50% stake in Sasol’s glitch-plagued production complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA, The deal, scheduled to close at...
Swiss drugmaker Roche has acquired Irish biotech Inflazome for €380 million, said to be one of the largest deals in Irish biotech history. Headquartered in Dublin...
Swiss CDMO Siegfried has signed a binding agreement with compatriot Novartis to acquire two pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in Spain. The Zofingen-based group said...
LyondellBasell has pledged to produce and market 2 million t/y of recycled and renewable-based polymers by 2030 as part of a range of new sustainability targets.
In a major move portfolio move, German engineering plastics producer Covestro is taking over DSM’s coating resins business for €1.6 billion, including debt. The...
