24.10.2013
- Deals are Worth the Trouble - With the ever-increasing importance of the Chinese market, foreign chemical companies obviously have a strong interest in buying local players. As a...
24.10.2013
- United Industry - Twenty years ago, it was hard to imagine that increasing concerns about the way PVC was produced would trigger such a radical industry transformation. In its...
24.10.2013
- Small But Mighty - Highly potent active ingredients (HPAPIs) are remarkably effective at small doses. Therapies including oncology, hormones, narcotics, musculoskeletal treatments...
24.10.2013
- Not All Created Equal - The European plasticizers market has evolved considerably in the last decade, moving away from classified low phthalates to nonclassified high phthalates...
23.10.2013
- Ineos has announced that at least the chemical production units at its Grangemouth complex will not reopen after being shuttered on 15 October in the midst of a labor dispute with...
22.10.2013
- U.S. chemical group Celanese reported a 35% increase in year-on-year net earnings to $172 million in the third quarter, as net sales rose 1.7% to $1.63 billion. For the most part...
21.10.2013
- Germany-based Evonik Industries started up a new plant for manufacturing biodiesel-production catalysts in Argentina. Patrik Wohlhauser, the member of the Evonik Executive Board...
18.10.2013
- Leading Japanese carbon fibers manufacturer Toray is buying out its U.S. rival, family-owned Zoltek, for $584 million in cash, effective from the beginning of 2014, of earlier. The...
18.10.2013
- Styrolution, the Frankfurt, Germany-based styrenics joint venture of BASF and Ineos, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazilian plastics giant Braskem on a 100...
18.10.2013
- As a step toward divesting more than $1.5 billion worth of assets it no longer considers core businesses by mid-to-late 2014, Dow Chemical is selling its global polypropylene...