25.09.2018
- Japan’s Shin-Etsu Chemical will invest 110 billion Yen ($977 million) to expand its silicones business in order to meet rising global demand. The expansion will be implemented in...
25.09.2018
- Linde and Praxair are said to be inching closer to gaining US regulatory approval for their merger as they look to sell additional assets to Messer Group and CVC Capital Partners...
23.09.2018
- Swiss polymer companies Rehau Verwaltungszentrale and MB Barter & Trading have agreed a merger of equals, combining their operations in a new, independent company with sales of $2...
23.09.2018
- The planning board of Rotherham Council in Yorkshire has again thumbed its nose at Ineos’ push to begin shale gas exploration in the region. In a second vote on the revised...
23.09.2018
- Clariant has named SABIC’s specialties executive vice president Ernesto Occhiello as CEO following the Saudi giant’s acquisition of a 24.99% stake in the Swiss company. The deal...
20.09.2018
- Venator, currently in talks with Tronox to buy the Ashtabula TiO2 plant in the US, said it will permanently shut its pigment plant in Pori, Finland. The 130,000 t/y plant, at the...
20.09.2018
- Vinyls producer Inovyn, wholly owned by Ineos, has announced plans to raise production of general purpose PVC at its Jemeppe site in Belgium to meet growing demand. The project...
20.09.2018
- Drugmaker Allergan is buying Bonti, a privately held, clinical-stage biotech based in Newport Beach, California, USA, that develops novel, fast-acting neurotoxin programs for...
20.09.2018
- BASF has begun the previously announced expansion of its vitamin A plant at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, headquarters site. The project announced in 2016 is aimed at upgrading the...
20.09.2018
- Univar is to acquire rival distributor Nexeo Solutions for around $2 billion including debt, boosting its presence in the North American market and creating a chemical distribution...
