08.05.2018
- In what is being read as yet another sign that US approval of Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto is imminent, the German group has announced a reshuffle of executive positions in its...
07.05.2018
- Celanese has announced plans to expand and debottleneck capacities for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) and acetic acid across its global network. The Dallas-headquartered group will...
07.05.2018
- French engineering, technology and catalysts provider Axens has crossed the necessary 95% threshold in its ownership of Heurtey Petrochem and will now launch a takeover bid for the...
07.05.2018
- The new petrochemical complex planned by CNOOC Shell Petrochemicals Company (CSPC), a 50:50 joint venture of Royal Dutch Shell and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)...
04.05.2018
- BASF is merging its paper wet-end and water chemicals business into US specialty chemicals producer Solenis to form what it said will be a customer-focused global solutions...
04.05.2018
- US oil and energy giant ExxonMobil has formed a joint venture with SABIC for their Gulf Coast Growth Ventures project in San Patricio County, Texas, USA. The shares in the jv were...
04.05.2018
- As it moves closer to closing its more than $60 billion takeover of US rival Monsanto, the Bayer group has initiated the full separation from Covestro, selling a 14.2% stake in its...
03.05.2018
- German healthcare company Fresenius Kabi has terminated plans to merge with US generics company Akorn, claiming it has discovered data integrity breaches relating to Akorn’s...
03.05.2018
- Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical company, Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP), has awarded six technology license and engineering contracts for its proposed second...
03.05.2018
- Petrochemicals giant Saudi Aramco, also the world’s biggest crude exporter, has appointed a number of new board members with international corporate experience that could be...
