11.10.2017
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Lonza has acquired Shire’s clinical-stage mammalian manufacturing site in Hayward, California, USA, boosting its cGMP capacity and supplementing...
11.10.2017
- German fertilizer group K+S plans to combine its potash and salt business as it seeks to achieve annual operational savings of €150 million and EBITDA of €3 million by 2030. The...
09.10.2017
- It all started with steam and power, next came mass production with the help of electricity, followed by the digital revolution that transformed the way we work. And what is next...
06.10.2017
- German specialty chemicals group Lanxess has announced it will close its base oils plant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by November 2018 at the latest. Lanxess acquired the...
06.10.2017
- US-headquartered private equity group H.I.G. Capital has signed an agreement to acquire Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holdings, buying back a business it sold to The Jordan Company...
06.10.2017
- In what it regards as a “potential game-changer for the industry”, AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology for producing ethylene amines and...
05.10.2017
- Ineos has slammed Scotland’s decision to ban fracking, saying it will negatively affect the country’s jobs, energy security and growth. Tom Pickering, operations director at Ineos...
05.10.2017
- Eastman Chemical has agreed to license its proprietary 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and derivatives process to Origin Materials (formerly Micromidas) under a non-exclusive...
04.10.2017
- Effective 30 of September 2017, Peter Greven Group, a manufacturer of oleochemical derivatives, has formed Norac Additives and acquired the assets of the additives division of US...
03.10.2017
- Germany’s Wacker Chemie is doubling production capacity for vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) dispersions in South Korea. The Munich-based company will add another reactor at Ulsan for...