05.01.2011
- Alexander Wessels, previously president and CEO of DSM Food Specialties, has officially assumed responsibility for DSM Pharmaceutical Products, the pharmaceutical ingredients and...
05.01.2011
- Merck KGaA has acquired 100% of the share capital of Beijing Skywing Technology, a leading supplier of cell-culture media products, related technical services and bioreactors for...
04.01.2011
- BASF has announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of CRI/Criterion's global styrene catalysts business. As part of this agreement, BASF has acquired CRI...
- LogiChem 2011 will be the event's 10th anniversary and an opportunity for the most senior supply chain directors from the European chemicals community to come together once again...
23.12.2010
- LyondellBasell has sold its Flavors & Fragrances business to Pinova Holdings. "This divestiture is consistent with our objective to focus on developing our core businesses of...
23.12.2010
- Airgas has rejected yet another takeover offer from rival industrial gas producer Air Products, saying a sweetened $5.9 billion bid is just not enough. Air Products stood firm...
22.12.2010
- The European Medicines Agency expects roughly the same number of new drug applications in 2011 as in 2010, suggesting the pharmaceuticals industry has as yet done little to improve...
17.12.2010
- Four people connected to an "expert network" firm were arrested and charged in a widening probe of insider trading at hedge funds on Thursday.A list of some of the people involved...
16.12.2010
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant is planning to expand its global research and development (R&D) activities at its site in Frankfurt, Germany. The new, 23,000 m2 Clariant...
16.12.2010
- Dow Chemical plans to invest 2 billion baht ($67 million) to expand its propylene glycol production in Thailand, the Board of Investment (BOI) said on Thursday. The new plant, to...