06.07.2018
- UK specialty chemicals company Elementis is to buy Dutch talc additives producer Mondo Minerals from US private equity firm Advent International for $600 million. Advent bought...
06.07.2018
- In its third acquisition so far this year, German distribution giant Brenntag has signed an agreement with Canada Colors and Chemicals (CCC) to acquire the Toronto company’s...
05.07.2018
- Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has won its third appeal of a verdict implicating its talc-based baby powder in a user’s cancer on a technicality. The Missouri Court of Appeals overturned...
05.07.2018
- Egypt’s Carbon Holdings has signed a contract with the Suez Canal Authority to build the long-awaited $10.9 billion Tahrir petrochemicals complex, according to local media reports...
05.07.2018
- The US Food and Drug Administration‘s (FDA) recent approval of a new migraine treatment marketed by Amgen and Novartis has met with an enthusiastic response since it was...
04.07.2018
- US pharma Catalent has agreed to buy Juniper Pharmaceuticals, including UK-based Juniper Pharma Services, for $133 million, boosting its drug development activities. The addition...
04.07.2018
- Arlanxeo, the Lanxess/Saudi Aramco rubber joint venture, has announced plans to invest a euro sum of “mid- to double-digit millions” to modernize its synthetic rubber production in...
04.07.2018
- At a recent European business forum, Ineos director Tom Crotty hinted that the Swiss-headquartered group was considering building a new cracker in northwest Europe. On the first...
03.07.2018
- Kamedis, a provider of products for the treatment of chronic skin disorders, announced the addition of Kamal Abbasi to its board of directors. Abbasi formerly served as area vice...
03.07.2018
- Air Products has appointed Victoria Brifo as senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO). In her new role she will be accountable for all aspects of Human...
