29.02.2016
- BASF has announced it will refocus its R&D efforts in plant biotechnology to concentrate on projects with highest business and technical realization potential. The move, which will...
26.02.2016
- Polymer manufacturer Covestro, formerly Bayer MaterialScience, is developing polycarbonate-based material solutions for energy-efficient LED lighting. Axel Wetzchewald, head of...
25.02.2016
- In a transaction expected to close on Apr.1, Frankfurt, Germany-based private equity company International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has agreed with Swiss pharmaceutical...
08.02.2016
- With the agricultural chemicals industry’s woes compounded by the planned merger of Dow and DuPont, and the likely takeover of Syngenta by ChemChina concentrating more power in the...
28.01.2016
- US industrial gases giant Praxair has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Total in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. Total is spending €1 billion to upgrade its...
25.01.2016
- US composites producer Hexcel has announced plans to build a new €20 million production facility in Morocco to support growing demand for engineered core materials. The new...
19.01.2016
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide will build and operate a new carbon dioxide plant together with a cogeneration facility in Colombia following a contract with major...
15.01.2016
- Bayer has opened a new production site for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs at the Majinpu bioengineering and pharmaceutical industry park in Yunnan, China. Its second state-of-the-art...
11.12.2015
- Brenntag has agreed to purchase South African specialty distributor Plastichem for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives Brenntag a key position in the polymers industries in South...
09.12.2015
- Sadara, claimed to be the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has started up its first production unit, an LLDPE plant using Dow Chemical’s technology...
