03.07.2018
- US private investment group Bain Capital has signed a definitive agreement to buy DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (DSP), a 50:50 joint venture between the Dutch chemical and life...
03.07.2018
- AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is expanding chlor-alkali production at Rotterdam to strengthen its local industrial cluster. As part of the plan, the company recently sold to Dutch...
03.07.2018
- As part of a corporate efficiency drive, German chemical producer Evonik is streamlining its administrative and sales workforce and intends to eliminate as many as 1,000 jobs up to...
02.07.2018
- US drugmaker Catalent has appointed Graham Brearley as general manager of the company’s Madison, Wisconsin biomanufacturing facility. Brearley has over 25 years’ technical...
02.07.2018
- On July 1, 2018, Noel Quigley has taken over the role of managing director of process engineering firm BPE from predecessor and company founder, Mike Brown. Quigley has been...
02.07.2018
- In a move that had been widely expected, Swiss drugs giant Novartis has announced that it will spin off its Alcon eye care division into a separate standalone company. The...
02.07.2018
- Leading PET producer Indorama Ventures has agreed to acquire Czech tire cord producer Kordárna Plus from private equity group Jet Investment for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition...
02.07.2018
- US industrial gases producer Airgas – since 2016 part of French gases giant Air Liquide (AL) – is suing private equity investor Carlyle and a former executive of AL in a US federal...
29.06.2018
- The specialties market is under pressure. In order to generate value, manufacturers and clients need to continue optimizing their supply chain on a regular basis. As a result, the...
28.06.2018
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged an analyst with credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and two of his friends with insider trading related to...
