09.01.2018
- China continued to draw in investors. ExxonMobil Chemical signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement and an MoU with authorities in Huizhou to jointly evaluate plans for a...
09.01.2018
- Brazil’s Petrobras has agreed to pay $2.95 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit in the US relating to the “car wash” scandal that erupted in 2014. The settlement is said to be...
08.01.2018
- The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...
08.01.2018
- On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...
08.01.2018
- The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...
08.01.2018
- As part of their commitment to develop and commercialize innovative microbial solutions for farmers through The BioAg Alliance, Monsanto and Novozymes announced an updated research...
08.01.2018
- Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations, and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a...
08.01.2018
- Irish sales, marketing and support services group DCC has agreed to buy Tega-Technische Gase und Gasetechnik, Linde’s German LPG and refrigerant gas distribution business...
08.01.2018
- Major US coatings group PPG has reached agreement to buy Dutch wholesaler ProCoatings for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition comes after PPG tried and failed three times last year...
08.01.2018
- Finland has given up control of oil and technology group Neste as it donates more than 900,000 shares, worth €50 million, to the Finnish National Fund for Children, consequently...
