21.03.2018
- US-based Celanese has announced it is giving up on plans to merge its acetate tow business with Blackstone’s after European regulators demanded what it termed “excessive”...
20.03.2018
- Leading PET producer Indorama Ventures has agreed to buy M&G Polimeros Brazil for an undisclosed sum. The Brazilian company’s parent, Italy’s Mossi Ghisolfi Group, filed for...
20.03.2018
- As the UK agrees terms with the EU on Brexit’s transition period, the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has welcomed the confirmation that access to each other’s markets will...
20.03.2018
- Evonik has unveiled plans to increase its production capacity for the high-performance polymer PA 12 by 50% up to early 2021, in response to rising demand from growth markets such...
19.03.2018
- Trade shows are excellent places to learn more about the state of an industry. Last month Pharmapack Europe offered a firsthand look at some of the changes and new trends that are...
18.03.2018
- Japan’s Toray Industries, the world’s leading producer of carbon-fiber composites, is to buy TenCate Advanced Composites (TCAC) for €930 million as it aims to boost its business...
18.03.2018
- Noramco, a global leading producer of controlled substances for the pharmaceutical industry, and AMPAC Fine Chemicals (AFC), a major manufacturer of Active Pharmaceutical...
18.03.2018
- Germany’s Lanxess has commissioned a new compounding line for the engineering plastics PA and PBT, sold under the trademarks of Durethan and Pocan, at Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany...
17.03.2018
- David Estapé, a long-time biotechnology expert who holds a doctorate in chemical engineering and has 22 years of experience, will join CRB Group as Technology Manager Biotechnology...
16.03.2018
- ABL Europe has successfully increased and brought online new viral vector manufacturing capacity at its European facility in Strasbourg. A subsidiary of ABL Inc., ABL Europe has...