14.09.2015
- German chemical producer Evonik has agreed to acquire the hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) business of PeroxyChem Netherlands from PeroxyChem Holdings for an undisclosed sum. Following...
11.09.2015
- US-based Lubrizol Corporation has acquired Particle Sciences, a compatriot contract drug developer and manufacturer headquartered at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Terms of the...
10.09.2015
- BASF is facing around 300 lawsuits in the US as a legacy of its acquisition of catalyst manufacturer Engelhard in 2006. In the suits, plaintiffs allege that talc used in wall board...
07.09.2015
- Petroineos Manufacturing Scotland, the 49.9:50.1 joint venture of Ineos and PetroChina that operates the refinery at Grangemouth, made a £16.3 million pretax loss in 2014 on sales...
04.09.2015
- Fluoropolymer system solutions are increasingly used in chemical plants for corrosion-protection tasks. They usually offer considerable advantages over alternatives such as...
04.09.2015
- Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...
04.09.2015
- Chemistry: it’s in everything and it’s everywhere. In fact, nearly all manufactured goods are directly touched by chemistry, either as a material, in processing, or in some other...
03.09.2015
- In mid-2015, BASF opened its first e-commerce store in China, using the Alibaba B2B marketplace platform. According to the company press release, with this step, “BASF is making...
03.09.2015
- Swedish speciality chemicals firm Perstorp and Dutch biotechnology firm Corbion have jointly developed a new lactide caprolactone copolymer for hot melt adhesives. The fully...
03.09.2015
- In April, Ferrostaal, based in Essen, Germany, and Haldor Topsoe, headquarterd in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded the joint venture Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects with registered office...