06.06.2019
- Bertrand Conquéret (Henkel) has been elected as new president of Together for Sustainability (TfS), taking over from Rüdiger Eberhard (Evonik), who led the initiative for the last...
06.06.2019
- Sterling Pharma Solutions, a UK-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that its pilot plant expansion at Cramlington is now operational...
06.06.2019
- The heads of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Turkish conglomerate Tekfen Holding have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a urea plant in...
06.06.2019
- On the back of growing criticism of the perceived inadequacy of REACh compliance, European chemical producers have stressed they are working to help rectify the situation. The...
05.06.2019
- Spanish petrochemicals producer CEPSA is upgrading its chemical plant in Puente Mayorga (Cadiz, Spain), making it the first linear alkyl benzene (LAB) facility in the world to...
05.06.2019
- LyondellBasell has ended talks with Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht regarding the potential acquisition of Braskem. Odebrecht is the controlling shareholder of the Sao Paulo-based...
05.06.2019
- BASF has kicked off the sale process for its construction chemical business, the news agency Bloomberg has reported, and the German group meanwhile has confirmed contacts with...
05.06.2019
- Private equity investors both in Europe and the US are seen to be vying with each other to buy the animal health business that Bayer has put up for sale and is expected to fetch...
04.06.2019
- US crop specialist S&W Seed Company has entered an agreement with Corteva Agriscience, DowDuPont’s Agriculture division, which terminates and replaces a December 2014 contract with...
04.06.2019
- In its first foray into the Middle East, Ineos has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Aramco and French energy and chemicals group Total to build three new plants in...