04.07.2012
- India's Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp has put on hold a planned $350 million ammonium nitrate manufacturing project in Australia, a company executive said, citing...
04.07.2012
- BASF announced its acquisition of ITWC, based in Malcom, Iowa. ITWC specializes in cast elastomer polyurethane systems and polyester polyols. Financial details of the transaction...
04.07.2012
- DKSH, a specialty chemicals distributor with a focus on Asia, and Induchem, a Swiss manufacturer of personal care raw materials, have entered into a distribution partnership for...
03.07.2012
- BASF and the Norwegian company Seagarden signed a contract to transfer the Chitosan marine biopolymers business. Chitosan marine biopolymers are used in personal care products and...
03.07.2012
- When Roche paid $46.8 billion in 2009 to gain full ownership of Genentech, fears were rife that the arrival of the Swiss men in suits would stifle the free-wheeling innovative...
03.07.2012
- German industrial gas firm Linde plans to raise up to €1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) from selling new shares to help fund its purchase of Lincare Holdings, which will put it ahead of...
03.07.2012
- GlaxoSmithKline agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials on Monday described as the largest case of healthcare...
03.07.2012
- GEA Pharma Systems has announced an agreement with a US pharmaceutical company to supply a complete continuous processing line for the production of solid dose drugs. The order is...
02.07.2012
- German industrial gas producer Linde said on Sunday it has agreed to pay $4.6 billion for Lincare Holdings, a Florida-based provider of oxygen and respiratory therapy services to...
30.06.2012
- U.S. lawmakers representing states rich in shale gas called for the Obama administration to expedite approval of liquefied natural gas exports on Friday, mounting the first real...