25.07.2018
- US specialty chemicals company Platform Specialty Products has signed an agreement to sell its Agricultural Solutions business, comprising Arysta LifeScience and its subsidiaries...
25.07.2018
- Swedish chemical producer Perstorp continues to make progress on upgrading its caprolactone plant in Warrington, UK. The project due to be completed in the second half of 2019...
25.07.2018
- Cambrex, a US-based small molecule innovator and developer of generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), has agreed to acquire compatriot Contract Development and...
24.07.2018
- Saudi Aramco has confirmed its interest in acquiring a controlling stake in SABIC. The state-owned oil and gas group said it is engaged in very early stage discussions with the...
24.07.2018
- AkzoNobel has finalized a deal to acquire Brazil’s Polinox, a leading South American producer of ketone peroxides, which are used in the manufacture of polymers. Included in the...
24.07.2018
- Speculation is running high that the board of the UK’s biggest drugmaker, Glaxo Smithkline (GSK), is increasingly willing to placate activist shareholders by splitting the company...
23.07.2018
- The UK Parliament has voted 305 to 301 to take all necessary steps to continue the country’s involvement with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) after it leaves the EU. In a joint...
23.07.2018
- In a move supported by all parties, Ireland’s lower house of parliament has ordered the Republic’s €8bn national investment fund to sell all interests in fossil fuel companies...
23.07.2018
- Dashing hopes of major European chemicals, pharmaceuticals and energy industry players that their signed and sealed but not yet delivered deals to invest in Iran projects might be...
20.07.2018
- As part of an initiative by the Mirpuri Foundation a Hi Fly-owned aircraft was painted with a striking livery depicting coral reefs. One side represents a pristine ocean with...