28.05.2019
- Thailand-based chemical producer Indorama Ventures (IVL) announced two senior leadership appointments, effective Apr. 1, 2019. Deepak Parikh has been appointed as chief strategy...
28.05.2019
- As US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson defends more than 14,000 lawsuits from plaintiffs claiming its iconic talc-based baby powder caused their cancer, it won a case in South...
28.05.2019
- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim is planning to invest around 1.6 billion pesos (about $84 million) at its three manufacturing sites in Mexico over the next two years, with...
28.05.2019
- The EU has adopted new rules for fertilizers from 2022, setting limits on toxic contaminants for the first time as well as opening the market for organic products. The regulation...
27.05.2019
- Japan’s Teijin has agreed to sell its polyester film businesses in Japan and Indonesia to compatriot group Toyobo. The company signed an agreement on May 22, and the share transfer...
27.05.2019
- The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has unanimously voted to add perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) to the list of substances to be eliminated under the 2004...
27.05.2019
- German drug discovery and development company Evotec has signed an agreement to buy Just Biotherapeutics, a US biologics company. Founded in 2014, Just Biotherapeutics is backed by...
24.05.2019
- PPG Industries has decided to maintain its existing business portfolio following a strategic review in response to activist investor Trian Partners’ call for the US paintmaker to...
24.05.2019
- McDermott International’s Lummus Technology division has won two major contracts for propylene and polypropylene projects, in Europe and India. For MOL Petrochemicals, the US...
24.05.2019
- Eastern China is now being eyed as the most likely source of the higher levels of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) detected in the atmosphere, countering a multi-year...
