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...
07.10.2018
- US-based Omnova Solutions has acquired Resiquimica, a Portuguese producer of resins and binders for the coatings and building and construction industries. Omnnova paid €28.5...
07.10.2018
- Spanish oil and gas company Cepsa, owned by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co, has announced it will offer a 25% stake in the company at a price range between €13.10 and €15.10...
07.10.2018
- The administration of US president Donald Trump appears eager to clear the way for the continued sale of the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos. The Justice Department last week...
05.10.2018
- Global competition is pushing the industry towards faster time-to-market and more efficient and flexible processes. Modular plants are considered as potential bridges between the...
05.10.2018
- Swiss composites company Gurit has agreed to buy JSB group from private equity owner Verdane Capital for 520 million Danish krone ($80 million), subject to certain closing...
