08.03.2018
- Covestro, the former Bayer MaterialScience, will be elevated to the German index of blue-chip companies, DAX, from Mar. 19. The Leverkusen-based engineering plastics producer will...
08.03.2018
- Russian petrochemical giant Sibur is in talks with Saudi Aramco to set up a joint venture to produce synthetic rubber, according to media reports. The companies signed a...
08.03.2018
- Evonik is weighing plans to exit its methacrylates business (MMA and PMMA). In explaining the decision at the annual results presentation in Essen, Germany, on Mar. 7, CEO...
07.03.2018
- North America’s largest manufacturer of acrylic sheet products, Plaskolite, is acquiring Lucite’s continuous cast acrylic sheet business, which comprises general-purpose sheet and...
07.03.2018
- A heightened level of litigation risk is facing DuPont and Chemours (the former Performance Materials segment of DuPont) as a consequence of new cases filed in the US states of...
07.03.2018
- Bayer CEO Werner Baumann confirmed last week at the annual results press conference that Leverkusen group has agreed to sell another of its agrochemicals assets to win EU approval...
06.03.2018
- The EU and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have extended their agreement on recognizing each other’s medicines inspections to include Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic and...
06.03.2018
- Swiss fine chemicals producer and pharmaceutical industry supplier Lonza is expanding one production facility in the US while downsizing another. The company said earlier the...
06.03.2018
- US oil and petrochemicals multinational Exxon Mobil has decided to end its exploration joint ventures with Russia’s Rosneft due to US and international sanctions that have blocked...
05.03.2018
- A strong chemical manufacturing sector is at the heart of every successful economy. In the UK, the sector contributes £18 billion per year to the economy, employs 500,000 people...
