07.08.2015
- Versalis Pacific Trading (Shanghai), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni petrochemicals subsidiary Versalis, has signed a sales agreement with India’s Reliance Industries to market...
05.08.2015
- In its second licensing agreement with a major pharmaceutical company, Codexis, a developer of biocatalysts for the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries, has agreed to...
04.08.2015
- Swiss fine chemicals group Lonza has acquired Zelam, a New Zealand-based manufacturer of fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, foliar nutrients and additives as well as wood...
04.08.2015
- International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has completed its acquisition of the chlorvinyls assets divested by new European PVC market leader INOVYN. The new PVC joint venture...
04.08.2015
- The consistent, rapid growth in the biopharma industry has made it difficult to hire and retain the right staff, consultants BioPlan Associates say in their 12th Annual Report and...
03.08.2015
- Wintershall, the oil and gas subsidiary BASF, and Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline...
03.08.2015
- The Special Chem global business unit of Belgian chemical group Solvay has joined forces with an unnamed partner – described as “one of the world’s leading electronics producers” –...
03.08.2015
- German industrial gases producer Messer and BLRT Grupp, its partner in the joint venture Elme Messer Gaas, have officially commissioned their new €5m oxygen plant in Järvakandi...
31.07.2015
- With its agreement to acquire all shares of US-based Cytec for $5.5 billion in cash, unanimously recommended by both companies’ boards, Solvay is moving with full force into the...
31.07.2015
- Ingevity has been selected as the new name for the MWV Specialty Chemicals division of US packaging producer WestRock Company, set to become a standalone company by the end of this...