12.01.2016
- A consortium of investors surrounding China National Chemical Corp, also known as ChemChina – China's biggest chemical producer and rival to Monsanto in the race to swallow up...
11.01.2016
- Germany’s Lanxess has started up its second compounding line for the high-performance plastics PA and PBT at its Gastonia, North Carolina, site in the US. The investment of around...
07.01.2016
- Family owned Dutch logistics company Den Hartogh is to acquire the UK’s Interbulk, creating the world’s third largest provider of logistic services to the chemical industry. The...
05.01.2016
- US specialty chemical company Solenis has completed its acquisition of Brazil’s Quimatec Produtos Quimicos and its logistics provider Locatec de Araraquara. Financial details were...
30.12.2015
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant has opened a storage and blending facility in Karratha, Western Australia, to support oil and gas production in the North West Shelf. The...
29.12.2015
- Swedish drug developer and toll manufacturer Recipharm has signed a long-term agreement with Swiss eye-care treatment company Alcon, part of Novartis, to manufacture a range of...
21.12.2015
- In the final part of the UK government’s14th licensing round, Ineos has been awarded 21 new shale gas licenses. With the addition of 700,000 acres to its existing 300,000, the...
21.12.2015
- As plans for the merger of Dow and DuPont gather momentum, customers and employees as well as local businesses in communities where some of their operations are based are concerned...
18.12.2015
- Contrasting with CEFIC’s forecast for Europe as a whole, the German chemical industry has a slightly more upbeat note on the business outlook for 2016. Thanks to the economic...
18.12.2015
- The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has downgraded its growth forecast for chemical production in the EU for both 2015 and 2016. In 2016, the association now expects...