16.10.2018
- Cepsa is delaying its initial public offering (ipo) because of recent uncertainty in international capital markets. The announcement comes less than a month after the Spanish oil...
16.10.2018
- Irish biopharma Carrick Therapeutics has licensed exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize an investigational targeted ovarian cancer drug from specialist healthcare...
14.10.2018
- Livent, the lithium business being separated from US chemicals group FMC in an initial public offering (ipo), began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 11. Paul Graves...
14.10.2018
- US specialty materials company Celanese has agreed to acquire India’s Next Polymers, one of the country’s largest engineering thermoplastics (ETP) compounders. Headquartered in...
12.10.2018
- Leading PET producer Indorama Ventures is linking up with Canadian recycling technology company Loop Industries to manufacture and commercialize 100% sustainable polyester resin to...
12.10.2018
- Poland’s PKN Orlen has taken 100% ownership of Czech refiner and petrochemicals producer Unipetrol with effect from Oct. 1 following the completion of a squeeze-out of remaining...
12.10.2018
- Only a month into his role, Terence Hahn, the newly appointed CEO of US coatings company Axalta has resigned “by mutual agreement” after an external investigation into his conduct...
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...
