05.07.2012
- BASF plans to build a butadiene extraction plant at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 155,000 metric tons and is scheduled...
04.07.2012
- Linde Engineering, a division of the Linde Group, is set to build a new Alpha-Sablin plant for the production of linear alpha olefins (LAO) in Nizhnekamsk, Russian Federation...
03.07.2012
- BASF and the Norwegian company Seagarden signed a contract to transfer the Chitosan marine biopolymers business. Chitosan marine biopolymers are used in personal care products and...
03.07.2012
- When Roche paid $46.8 billion in 2009 to gain full ownership of Genentech, fears were rife that the arrival of the Swiss men in suits would stifle the free-wheeling innovative...
03.07.2012
- German industrial gas firm Linde plans to raise up to €1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) from selling new shares to help fund its purchase of Lincare Holdings, which will put it ahead of...
03.07.2012
- GEA Pharma Systems has announced an agreement with a US pharmaceutical company to supply a complete continuous processing line for the production of solid dose drugs. The order is...
03.07.2012
- Eastman Chemical Company announced the completion of its $4.8 billion acquisition of Solutia. With the acquisition of Solutia, Eastman has made structural and reporting changes...
02.07.2012
- German industrial gas producer Linde said on Sunday it has agreed to pay $4.6 billion for Lincare Holdings, a Florida-based provider of oxygen and respiratory therapy services to...
30.06.2012
- U.S. lawmakers representing states rich in shale gas called for the Obama administration to expedite approval of liquefied natural gas exports on Friday, mounting the first real...
28.06.2012
- AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals will apply a unique caustic soda evaporation system to its new membrane electrolysis plant at the Industry Park Höchst in Frankfurt, Germany. The...
