10.10.2019
- BASF is taking a stake worth €20 million in Quantafuel, a Norwegian firm specialized in pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and purification of pyrolysis oil. The transaction will be...
09.10.2019
- French chemicals and plastics producer Arkema has started up a new €20 million production line for ultra-high-performance polyamide 12 powders at its site in Mont, France in the...
German biopharmaceuticals contract development and manufacturing organization Rentschler Biopharma is extending and deepening its existing collaboration in Japan with...
09.10.2019
- US specialty materials company Celanese is undertaking a strategic review that could include a breakup, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The Dallas, Texas-based...
08.10.2019
- The Scottish government has again extended its indefinite moratorium on shale gas exploitation, but as before sidestepped the definitive ban that climate campaigners and more...
08.10.2019
- Clariant is in talks to sell its plastic additives business to US compounder PolyOne, according to Bloomberg. Quoting unnamed sources, the report said Clariant wants about $1.5...
08.10.2019
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its € 5.8 billion acquisition of US-based Versum Materials. The Darmstadt-headquartered pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer said the buy makes...
07.10.2019
- The European Chemical Transport Association ECTA has recently announced to launch a new ECTA workgroup to improve Supply Chain Visibility within Bulk liquid flows. The ECTA...
07.10.2019
- As Brexit nears, concern is rising in the UK over Ineos’ proposal to close its 280,000 t/y acrylonitrile plant at Seal Sands on Teesside in northeast England. The Swiss...
07.10.2019
- The next pending US lawsuit charging that Monsanto glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused the plaintiff’s cancer has been postponed until February 10, 2020. On Oct. 6, Monsanto...
