16.05.2018
- In an unusual about-face, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated it will follow through on an Obama-era legislative proposal – in this case banning paint...
16.05.2018
- Japanese chemical company Kaneka has acquired a 34.8% stake in Spanish biotech firm AB-Biotics (ABB), at the same time concluding a license agreement giving it exclusive rights to...
16.05.2018
- Luxembourg-based specialty chemicals distributor Azelis is establishing a presence in South Korea following an agreement to buy SammiChem. Financial terms of the deal, which is...
15.05.2018
- In reaction to growing demand, US chemical producer Celanese plans to add a new 15,000 t/y production line for its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) at the company...
15.05.2018
- DuPont Electronics & Imaging has announced plans to expand production for its Kapton polyimide film by up to 20% by the end of the first quarter of 2019. The increase will take...
15.05.2018
- As the second full week in May began, globe-trotting diplomats from France, Germany and the UK, as well as Iran, were scrambling to save the 2015 Iran nuclear accord formally known...
14.05.2018
- French oil, gas and chemicals group Total and Algerian energy company Sonatrach have signed an agreement to start engineering studies for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and PP...
14.05.2018
- Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Flatiron Health, a privately held healthcare technology and services company – both are headquartered in New York City – have extended...
14.05.2018
- Air Products has completed the acquisition of Shell’s coal gasification technology licensing business. Financial terms of the deal, which was first announced in January, were not...
11.05.2018
- Canadian sustainable chemicals company BioAmber has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US under Chapter 11. The company has also filed a notice of intention to make a proposal...
