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...
21.06.2018
- The Chemical Industry is going through a period of significant change, driven by many factors: access to feedstock, falling oil price and consequently falling prices for...
20.06.2018
- Swiss drugmaker Roche is paying $2.4 billion to acquire the rest of the shares it does not already own in US molecular and genomic analysis company Foundation Medicine (FMI). The...
15.05.2018
- In reaction to growing demand, US chemical producer Celanese plans to add a new 15,000 t/y production line for its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) at the company...
07.05.2018
- Celanese has announced plans to expand and debottleneck capacities for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) and acetic acid across its global network. The Dallas-headquartered group will...
30.04.2018
- The European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) picked the tagline “Shaping successful partnerships for the new market demands” as the theme for this year’s annual...
