25.05.2018
- AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has broken ground on a project to expand and upgrade its organic peroxides plant in Mahad, India. The Dutch group is spending €4 million to increase...
25.05.2018
- Arkema is boosting its presence in the Japanese adhesives market with the proposed acquisition of Nitta-Gelatin’s industrial business as well as the construction of a new plant...
25.05.2018
- The international stock market rumor mill was buzzing on May 24 as reports resurfaced that Dutch-headquartered, US-managed chemical group LyondellBasell had made an offer – now...
24.05.2018
- Following shareholder approvals, US engineering and construction groups McDermott International and Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB&I) have completed their merger into a fully...
24.05.2018
- Sadara Chemical has agreed to supply ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) to a new joint venture being established between US industrial and specialty chemicals...
24.05.2018
- An ill-advised “advisory” deal with the personal attorney of US president Donald Trump continues to plague Swiss drugmaker Novartis. Two weeks ago the company made headlines when...
23.05.2018
- Norwegian chemicals and fertilizer group Yara has boosted its presence in the Brazilian fertilizer market with the acquisition of the Vale Cubatão Fertilizantes complex for $255...
23.05.2018
- Saudi petrochemicals and plastics group SABIC has selected ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol (EO/EG) technology from Scientific Design (SD) for a 700,000 EG plant in Al Jubail. The...
23.05.2018
- The European Union, the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is aiming to cut emissions to zero by 2050, Miguel Arias Cañete, commissioner for energy and climate...
22.05.2018
- With a record number of more than 640 attendees and 80 speakers, this year’s Europe Annual Conference of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering was the largest...
