10.10.2018
- Swedish compounder Hexpol has acquired an 80% stake in Italy’s Mesgo Group for €168 million, making a strategic move into the high-performance elastomers market. Mesgo specializes...
10.10.2018
- Norway’s Yara has gained full control of Brazilian fertilizer company, Galvani Industria, Comercio e Servicos, buying out partner the Galvani family. The Oslo-based chemicals and...
10.10.2018
- US investment group Trian Fund Management has revealed in a recent regulatory filing that it has a 2.9% stake in paintmaker PPG Industries. In the filing, Trian said it owns...
As digital transformation ensues to disrupt, transform and re-shape industries – the imperative to change for process industries is clear and very present.
10.10.2018
- Leading distributor Univar, currently merging with US rival Nexeo Solutions, has been chosen by Braskem to distribute the Brazilian petrochemical group’s polyisobutylenes (PIBs) in...
10.10.2018
- With the help of major UK pharma GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), new biopharma Sitryx has launched operations with funding of $30 million to develop disease-modifying therapeutics in...
10.10.2018
- Covestro has announced its intention to spend €1.5 billion on a new world-scale MDI plant in Baytown, USA. The project represents the largest single investment in its history, the...
09.10.2018
- AkzoNobel's former Specialty Chemicals business has been relaunched as Nouryon. The move follows its acquisition by Carlyle and GIC, which closed on Oct. 1. “We are starting from a...
08.10.2018
- Dutch paints and coatings company AkzoNobel has announced it will pay out an additional €5.5 billion to shareholders following the €10.1 billion sale of its Specialty Chemicals...
08.10.2018
- Following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in April, Saudi Aramco and Total have now signed a joint development agreement for the front end engineering and design (FEED) of...
