03.07.2018
- US private investment group Bain Capital has signed a definitive agreement to buy DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (DSP), a 50:50 joint venture between the Dutch chemical and life...
02.07.2018
- On July 1, 2018, Noel Quigley has taken over the role of managing director of process engineering firm BPE from predecessor and company founder, Mike Brown. Quigley has been...
02.07.2018
- US industrial gases producer Airgas – since 2016 part of French gases giant Air Liquide (AL) – is suing private equity investor Carlyle and a former executive of AL in a US federal...
29.06.2018
- The specialties market is under pressure. In order to generate value, manufacturers and clients need to continue optimizing their supply chain on a regular basis. As a result, the...
21.06.2018
- The Chemical Industry is going through a period of significant change, driven by many factors: access to feedstock, falling oil price and consequently falling prices for...
20.06.2018
- Dow Chemical, part of the merged DowDuPont group, has announced plans to increase capacity for glycol ethers and alkoxylates to meet rising demand. With regard to glycol ethers, a...
20.06.2018
- Swiss drugmaker Roche is paying $2.4 billion to acquire the rest of the shares it does not already own in US molecular and genomic analysis company Foundation Medicine (FMI). The...
19.06.2018
- With some 1,000 employees and five production sites in Europe and Asia, the CABB Group is a leading global manufacturer of chemical intermediates and finished products. The group...
13.06.2018
- Dutch specialty chemicals distributor IMCD is strengthening its presence in the US market following an agreement to buy E.T. Horn. Based in La Mirada, California, Horn's business...
07.06.2018
- With effect from Oct. 1, US-based specialty chemical company Hallstar is to split into two separate companies that will trade as Hallstar Industrial Solutions and Hallstar Beauty &...
