14.12.2018
- AkzoNobel has taken full ownership of AkzoNobel Swire Paints (ANSP), its decorative paints joint venture in China with Swire Industrial. The Dutch paints and coatings group has...
13.12.2018
- Italian specialty chemicals company Italmatch Chemicals has agreed to buy BWA Water Additives, a Manchester, UK-headquartered provider of water management technologies for the oil...
13.12.2018
- The European Chemical Industry Council, CEFIC, is forecasting modest growth of around 0.5% in 2019, compared to 2018. Marco Mensink, director general of the association...
13.12.2018
- Canada’s environment ministry, Environment Canada, has published a warning on dangers it says are associated with using talcum powder. The talc-containing powder can cause ovarian...
12.12.2018
- Harke FoodTec, a business unit of Harke Pharma and part of the Harke Group in Germany, is now the exclusive distributer of Hulshof Protein Technologies in Europe and Turkey. Harke...
12.12.2018
- In yet another blow for the proposed Tronox-Cristal titanium dioxide (TiO2) merger, a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) administration law judge has ruled that the deal would...
12.12.2018
- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, the UK-domiciled, US-focused specialty drugmaker, plans to break up into two differentiated companies, with one focused on innovative specialty...
12.12.2018
- Swiss-based Lonza is working with GE Healthcare, a General Electric subsidiary, to establish a biologics facility in Guangzhou, China. The deal will give Lonza a strategic base in...
11.12.2018
- Gilead Sciences has nabbed Daniel O’Day, head of Roche’s pharma business, as its new chief executive to replace current CEO John Milligan, with effective from March 2019. Both...
11.12.2018
- Sweden’s Perstorp has agreed to sell its Capa caprolactone business to US specialty chemicals and materials manufacturer Ingevity for around €590 million. The divestment is part of...
