23.01.2019
- German oxo-chemicals company Oxea is studying the feasibility of building a world-scale plant to produce carboxylic acids, which are used to make synthetic lubricants and as...
23.01.2019
- The controversial herbicide chemical glyphosate has been back in the news again lately, not least because of continuing speculation over what impact the more than 9,000 legacy...
23.01.2019
- Philip Hampton, chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plans to step down after the UK’s biggest drugmaker prepares to split its business into two businesses – one for prescription drugs and...
22.01.2019
- US compounder and distributor PolyOne, based at Cleveland, Ohio, has paid $120 million to acquire US fiber optic specialist Fiber-Line. The company based at Hatfield, Pennsylvania...
22.01.2019
- In its first acquisition of 2019, Brenntag has signed an agreement to buy the lubricants division of US-based Reeder Distributors. Financial terms of the deal, which does not...
22.01.2019
- Israel’s tax authority is seeking to recover $271 million in retroactive tax for 2014-2015 from drugmaker Teva, reports said. The newspaper Calcalist said Teva, one of the country...
21.01.2019
- Swedish specialty chemicals company Perstorp is reorganizing its business to support future growth plans and enhance its internal integration. The move will result in the loss of...
21.01.2019
- Private equity group Sun European Partners has completed the sale of Elix Polymers to China’s chemical giant Sinochem International for an enterprise value of €195 million. An...
21.01.2019
- Following an in-depth investigation into BASF’s proposed purchase of Solvay’s polyamide business, the European Commission has allowed the €1.6 billion transaction to go ahead. In...
18.01.2019
- With a multi-million dollar investment, MFG Chemical, headquartered in Dalton, GA, is upgrading its Pasadena, Texas plant, which the company acquired in March 2018. Plant...
