The traditional business model of chemical distributors is currently fundamentally challenged on one side by digitally enabled activities from principals, logistics...
03.04.2018
- Recent significant investments by big chemical companies in a strong specialty chemicals portfolio indicate that the importance of these products and therefore of batch production...
02.04.2018
- In the past decade, specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has transformed from a decentralized European business into an integrated group with a turnover of €1.8 billion and...
20.12.2017
- At a Dec. 19 meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and high-ranking cabinet ministers, management of Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s largest generic drugmaker and Israel...
01.11.2017
- Will LyondellBasell and Braskem be the next two companies to enter a marriage of convenience? It is yet unclear how much weight a report by the US financial newspaper Wall Street...
04.08.2017
- Following European regulatory approval, DSM is launching a unique enzyme that breaks down residual gluten, helping consumers that are sensitive to the proteins found in wheat...
26.04.2017
- After robust yet modest chemicals M&A activity in 2016, expectations for the year ahead are high. The value of completed deals in 2016 decreased slightly against 2015 to around...
21.04.2017
- US petrochemicals giant ExxonMobil Chemical and Saudi Arabia’s national champion SABIC have chosen a site in San Patricio County, in the US state of Texas, for a proposed...
03.04.2017
- In the drive to reach growth objectives, or to maintain and enhance “critical mass”, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) has been a theme for the chemical distribution industry for years...
31.03.2017
- With the shock waves from 2016’s most unanticipated events – Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president – still reverberating, the earth sometimes seems to be tilting...
