19.06.2014
- Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals is taking its hostile $50.8 billion bid to acquire Botox manufacturer Allergan directly to shareholders. Backed by activist shareholder Bill Ackman...
18.06.2014
- Butadiene shortages loom as plastics manufacturers switch their feedstock to less expensive light feed. Estimates suggest it could be as little as 7% over the next decade if only...
17.06.2014
- In a submission to the Carr review, a commission set up by the UK government in April to look at the laws governing industrial disputes, Ineos has proposed unlimited civil...
17.06.2014
- German chemical and pharmaceutical producer Merck has agreed to sell the laboratory equipment and production units of Chemische Fabrik Lehrte to compatriot Schüssler Novachem, a...
17.06.2014
- US industrial gases producer Air Products and Matheson Tri-Gas, a member of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) group, have begun filling and shipping of the first two 11,000...
16.06.2014
- Poland's treasury ministry does not intend to sell any of its 33% stake in blue-chip chemicals producer Grupa Azoty because it sees the company as a strategic asset. The ministry...
13.06.2014
- The intermediates business of US-based Oxea Corporation has put all customers on allocation, due to technical issues arising from a scheduled maintenance turn-around at its Bay...
12.06.2014
- The technology expert Camelot ITLab was awarded the Innovationspreis-IT by Initiative Mittelstand for its certified Camelot LEAN Suite in the category "Best of ERP 2014". The...
12.06.2014
- Lonza has upgraded its Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) clinical manufacturing plant at Visp, Switzerland, with a new plant layout, which it said yields a larger, more flexible...
- Soccer fans have eagerly awaited the World Cup kick-off. The official match ball - the "Brazuca" - is already available for a couple of months. It packs all the know-how and...