21.12.2018
- Following a licensing deal agreed in February 2018 between BP and SOCAR Turkey for purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology, the two companies have now signed a heads of...
21.12.2018
- In a settlement with the US Justice Department (DoJ) Actelion Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, has agreed to pay $360 million to settle civil claims it used a...
21.12.2018
- Styrenics giant Ineos Styrolution has taken the final decision to investment in a new 100,000 t/y plant for acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) polymer at its Bayport, Texas, site...
20.12.2018
- Leading specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor Azelis is in exclusive talks to acquire Deafarma, an Italian distributor of APIs. The Milan-based company also offers a...
20.12.2018
- UK conservation charity National Trust has walked away from a looming High Court battle with Ineos over the chemical producer’s plans to conduct pre-shale exploration seismic...
20.12.2018
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer have agreed to combine their consumer health businesses into a new world-leading joint venture with combined sales of around £9.8 billion ($12.7...
19.12.2018
- In 2016, Chinese company Shaoxing Eastlake High-Tech commissioned a millireactor which was designed, manufactured and supplied by Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik. The continuously operated...
19.12.2018
- Plant-based raw materials suppler Roquette has completed the acquisition of an unquantified majority stake in Indian pharmaceutical excipients and food ingredients producer Crest...
19.12.2018
- Merck & Co has agreed to acquire French animal health company Antelliq for a cash payment of about €2.1 billion. Upon completion of the deal, expected in the second quarter of 2019...
19.12.2018
- US industrial gases producer Air Products plans to build, own and operate a new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) in the Twin Cities area (Minneapolis / St. Paul) of Minnesota...