08.01.2019
- Thai polyester giant Indorama Ventures (IVL) and its two partners in the joint acquisition vehicle CC Polymers have received all regulatory clearance from the US Federal Trade...
08.01.2019
- French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi is investing €80 million in Germany’s BioNTech. At the same time, the two companies have agreed to extend their research...
08.01.2019
- Israeli crop protection producer Adama, a subsidiary of ChemChina, has disclosed that it is making “significant progress” towards acquiring China’s Jiangsu Anpon Electrochemical...
07.01.2019
- The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has appointed Sylvie Lemoine, senior manager Government Affairs at Dow, as its executive director Product Stewardship effective...
07.01.2019
- Clariant and SABIC affiliate Saudi Kayan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study the formation of an alkoxylates manufacturing joint venture. The companies will...
07.01.2019
- In the first major pharma deal of the year, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is to acquire biotech giant Celgene for $74 billion. The cash-and-stock transaction values the US biotech at...
07.01.2019
- Lotte Chemical Titan, a subsidiary of the South Korean Lotte group based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has broken ground for its planned 1 million t/y steam cracker and derivatives...
03.01.2019
- Germany’s Wacker is collaborating with Dynaplak, a Dutch manufacturer of bio-based raw materials, to develop hybrid binders for the paints and coatings market. The binders, to be...
03.01.2019
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro has broken ground on a new production facility for polycarbonate film at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand. The company said...
03.01.2019
- BASF is expanding capacity for methane sulfonic acid (MSA) at its Ludwigshafen headquarters site by around 65% and at the same time increasing global output capability to 50,000 t...
