30.03.2018
- The challenges of sustainability are among the most complex and daunting ever faced by society. Green chemistry needs to be increasingly engaged in facing these challenges by...
30.03.2018
- In both the specialty and chemicals segments, companies can spur growth by yield optimization, capacity expansions with longer-term focus and new business models along the entire...
12.03.2018
- SABIC and Saudi Aramco have awarded a contract to the UK’s Wood Group for the development of their proposed $20 billion crude oil-to-chemicals complex at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The...
21.02.2018
- A consortium that comprises AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, industrial gases group Air Liquide, Canadian cleantech company Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam has signed an agreement...
12.02.2018
- Austrian flexible packaging manufacturer Constantia Flexibles is investing around €13 million to expand capacity at Parikh Packaging, its Indian subsidiary since 2013. The new...
28.01.2018
- Japanese chemicals company Kaneka is investing around €15 million to expand capacity for Eperan PE and PP expanded particle foams at its Westerlo site in Belgium. The additional...
25.01.2018
- Chinese bio-industrial conglomerate Sinobioway Group has made an equity investment of Can$125 million into Enerkem, a Canadian manufacturer of biofuels and renewable chemicals from...
08.01.2018
- The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...
21.12.2017
- Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore has agreed to acquire the metathesis catalyst business of Pasadena, California-based Materia Inc., valuing the assets at...
11.12.2017
- Univar’s wholly owned subsidiaries in Sweden and Norway have agreed to acquire Kemetyl Industrial Chemicals for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is expected to close in early...
