14.08.2017
- US engineering contractor CB&I is putting its technology business up for sale as it struggles with falling revenues. The Texas-headquartered group reported a second-quarter loss of...
27.07.2017
- German industrial gases group Linde has signed a fourth agreement with Wanhua Chemical, this time to expand gas supply to phase two of the Chinese company’s Yantai operations...
24.07.2017
- The chemical industry’s ambition is to play a leading role in the transformation of the European economy to a low-carbon and circular one by creating innovative climate and energy...
21.07.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is planning a further expansion of its organic peroxides plant in Ningbo, China, during the next two years. A project is already underway...
10.07.2017
- The European Commission (EC) has called out Germany’s Merck KGaA for breach of EU rules in the 2015 acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich. The regulatory body said that during the merger...
07.07.2017
- René van Sloten, CEFIC executive director industrial policy, explains why a holistic EU industrial policy strategy needs to be put in place – as called for by the Competitiveness...
29.05.2017
- US coatings giant PPG has agreed to sell the last of its fiberglass operations to Japanese glass manufacturer Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) for an undisclosed sum. PPG’s remaining...
19.05.2017
- Shareholders of oil and petrochemical group Shell attending the annual general meeting in The Hague on May 23 are due to vote on a new plan to link 10% of executives' bonus pay to...
27.04.2017
- Bioelectronic technologies for modulating the signaling capabilities of the nervous system could pose challenges for producers of medicinal materials and chemicals – but also for...
25.04.2017
- Polish companies Grupa Azoty and Tauron have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to construct a coal gasification plant. Grupa Azoty said the LoI marks its entry into making chemicals...
