17.06.2019
- ExxonMobil and partner SABIC have decided to proceed with the construction of a chemical complex in San Patricio County, Texas, USA. The companies formed a joint venture last year...
17.06.2019
- As lawsuits claiming that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes cancer – more than 14,000 to date – keep flooding in, and all jury trials so far have gone against it...
14.06.2019
- German chemical producer Wacker has inaugurated a new production line for silicone elastomers at its Zhangjiagang, China, site. The company said the “several thousand” t/y facility...
14.06.2019
- The growing US opioid crisis has claimed its first corporate victim. Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, a few days after pleading...
14.06.2019
- Canada’s Superior Plus is considering selling its specialty chemicals business, which trades as ERCO Worldwide, as it seeks to become a pure play energy business focused on retail...
13.06.2019
- Fund manager Northleaf Capital Partners has purchased Lindsay Goldberg’s 49% stake in Norwegian shipping and storage operator Odjfell Terminals. Financial terms of the deal were...
13.06.2019
- US-based biotech Genomatica has acquired certain assets from REG Life Sciences (REG LS), a division of leading biofuels supplier Renewable Energy Group, boosting its ability to...
13.06.2019
- Styrenics specialist Ineos Styrolution, since 2016 wholly owned by the Ineos group, has reportedly applied to the state government of Texas for tax incentives to realize plans for...
12.06.2019
- Italian contractor Maire Tecnimont has signed several agreements with Russian companies during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, which took place on Jun. 6-8. One of...
12.06.2019
- Axalta, globally active US producer of liquid and powder coatings, is building a new state-of-the-art facility for its Dutch refinish business at Business Park Medel in Tiel, the...
