12.04.2019
- In its first deal since splitting from DuPont on Apr. 1, Dow has signed an agreement with Petronas Chemicals Glycols to collaborate on a carbon project at Petronas’s ethylene oxide...
12.04.2019
- Royal Dutch Shell has announced it is severing ties with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) industry association over that group’s lack of support for climate...
12.04.2019
- Merck KGaA is investing €150 million in an expansion of manufacturing capacity for its biotech medicines at Aubonne, Switzerland. The expenditure will include a new building to...
11.04.2019
- Surfactants are used in a wide spectrum of applications. This broad range of use, among other things, will be at the center of interest of the 11th World Surfactants Congress to be...
11.04.2019
- The concept of circular economy has long been a staple in the vocabulary of anyone who wants to come across as at least somewhat progressive. Today, circular economy is more than...
11.04.2019
- The chemical industry is one of the most international sectors with activity dominated by cross border transactions. Chinese and other Asian firms have been particularly busy...
11.04.2019
- Saudi Aramco‘s international bond issue, launched to finance the company’s $69.1 billion acquisition of a 70% stake in compatriot SABIC from the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund...
11.04.2019
- Following a strategic review announced in August 2018, Royal Vopak is selling three of its European terminals. The tank terminal operator has come to an agreement with First State...
11.04.2019
- Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk plans to invest 650 million krone, or $98 million, to upgrade and expand facilities at its site in Kalundborg. The plants currently manufacture a...
10.04.2019
- Availability and supply of essential resources for chemical production are getting increasingly challenging. At the same time, mankind has developed a throwaway mentality that is...