07.09.2016
- Arkema is expanding capacity for specialty polyamides in China and the US to support its customers’ growth around the world, particularly in the sports, consumer electronics and...
06.09.2016
- Styrenics producer Trinseo, formerly Styron and part of Dow Chemical, has approved plans to close its latex production plant in Livorno, Italy, by the end of 2016. Trinseo said it...
06.09.2016
- At its next meeting on Sept. 14, the supervisory board of Germany’s Bayer may discuss whether to up the ante on its latest takeover offer for Monsanto, worth $64 billion, to...
05.09.2016
- SABIC has agreed a set of principles with Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group (SNCG) and the government of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China to jointly develop a...
05.09.2016
- Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical has secured funding from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, BARDA, part of the US Department of Health and...
05.09.2016
- German consumer chemicals giant Henkel has closed the acquisition of US laundry and home care company Sun Products, based in Wilton, Connecticut, USA. The purchase of all shares of...
02.09.2016
- During the last two decades the pharmaceutical industry was forced to undertake significant structural changes to address mounting challenges from strict regulatory policies, lower...
01.09.2016
- US firms Avantor Performance Materials and NuSil Technology have agreed to merge. Both are majority held by New York-based private equity fund New Mountain Capital which will...
01.09.2016
- Chinese refiners and petrochemical producers plan to set up a system for benchmarking their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as the first step toward setting up an emissions market...
01.09.2016
- ChemChina, Saudi Aramco and the National Industrial Clusters Development Program (NICDP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore investment opportunities in...