21.12.2017
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under its new administrator Scott Pruitt has made another surprise announcement overturning a consensus found before he took office. In...
20.12.2017
- At a Dec. 19 meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and high-ranking cabinet ministers, management of Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s largest generic drugmaker and Israel...
20.12.2017
- Germany’s Brenntag has announced a flurry of deals as the year-end approaches. The first announcement relates to a joint venture with India’s Raj Petro Specialties. Headquartered...
20.12.2017
- The European Commission is apparently not entirely satisfied with the concessions Bayer and Monsanto have offered in exchange for approval of their proposed $66 billion merger...
19.12.2017
- Lonza’s finished the implementation of new anti-counterfeiting security capabilities at its integrated development and manufacturing site for biopharmaceutical liquid-filled hard...
19.12.2017
- US technology company W.R. Grace is buying Albemarle’s polyolefin catalysts business for $416 million. The deal will strengthen Grace’s single-site PE catalysts portfolio while...
19.12.2017
- Bluestar Adisseo, part of China’s National Bluestar Group, has acquired Belgian feed additives producer Nutriad for an undisclosed sum. Adisseo said the acquisition is part of its...
19.12.2017
- BASF has declared force majeure on deliveries from its 400,000 t/y production for polyurethane feedstock MDI at Chongqing, near Shanghai, China, and has had to stop production...
18.12.2017
- Nuon and AkzoNobel agreed on the supply of flexible energy to three chemical production sites in the Netherlands as part of an agreement to purchase a total net volume of 1.5 TWh...
18.12.2017
- Vopak and its joint venture partners have signed a financing package to fund the construction of a new industrial terminal in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. The agreement with a...