11.12.2015
- Swiss specialty chemical company Clariant plans to invest $10 million in a healthcare packaging plant in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. The facility will manufacture Clariant’s...
08.12.2015
- Iran National Petrochemical Company (NPC) vice president, Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, has confirmed that the company has been in talks with BASF about a “giant joint investment...
08.12.2015
- Japanese firms Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. (TNSC) plan to jointly market a dehydration system for bioethanol production processes in the US. The...
07.12.2015
- The European Commission has approved Solvay’s proposed acquisition of Cytec Industries on the condition that the Belgian chemical producer divests its activities in phosphor-based...
04.12.2015
- Dutch distribution company IMCD has agreed to buy Brazilian pharmaceutical distributor Selectchemie. The portfolio of the Sao Paulo-based company with 43 employees and revenues of...
04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
03.12.2015
- Chemours has announced more job losses and a further plant closure as it continues to take steps to transform and optimize its business. In the DuPont spin-off’s latest move, some...
03.12.2015
- Oil and petrochemicals giant Shell declared force majeure on production of base chemical products from its Bukom plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island on Dec. 1, citing a technical...
03.12.2015
- Croda International has agreed to buy Dutch seeds enhancement business Incotec for €155 million. Incotec supplies proprietary and sustainable technologies for vegetable seeds and...
02.12.2015
- US biopharmaceutical company Baxalta has received European marketing approval for its hemophilia treatment Obizur. The drug is said to be the first recombinant porcine sequence...