28.08.2018
- Evonik Industries is forming a joint venture with China’s Wynca to produce fumed silica. The German group will hold a 60% stake in the jv Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material...
24.08.2018
- South Korean oil refiner and aromatics producer S-Oil, majority owned by Saudi Aramco, is looking into the feasibility of building a mixed-feed 1.5 million t/y cracker and...
15.08.2018
- Saudi petrochemicals and plastics group SABIC is working with US product design firm Nottingham Spirk to develop new uses for its specialty materials. With this partnership SABIC...
14.08.2018
- Saudi Aramco continues to move swiftly toward building up a major presence in the downstream sector. Days after pledging to take German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess’ 50%...
09.08.2018
- Gerald Schneider, a long-time business leader at M+W Group, has joined US competitor CRB Group as managing director for European commercial operations. Schneider (54), who had been...
02.08.2018
- Japan’s Teijin Frontier has agreed to acquire German automotive interior materials supplier J.H. Ziegler for about €125 million. The acquisition will boost Teijin’s automotive...
20.07.2018
- CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Council, expects modest chemical production growth of 1.5% in the European Union in both 2018 and 2019. Growth will be similar to that...
19.07.2018
- France’s Mersen, known as a global expert in electrical power and advanced materials, has acquired Louisville Graphite (LGI), a full-service company specialized in design...
03.07.2018
- AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is expanding chlor-alkali production at Rotterdam to strengthen its local industrial cluster. As part of the plan, the company recently sold to Dutch...
21.06.2018
- Clariant’s catalyst business has formed an alliance with German cleantech company Hydrogenious Technologies to offer a safer and more efficient method of transporting and storing...
