26.01.2018
- Air Products has signed a long-term agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) to build, own and operate a syngas plant at the Indian group’s Kochi refinery. The unit...
26.01.2018
- By vote of 55 to 43, former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar was confirmed by the US Senate as new Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Jan. 24. Azar...
26.01.2018
- In a surprise move, Saudi Arabian petrochemicals and plastics producer SABIC has stepped in as a white knight to rescue Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant from the jaws of...
25.01.2018
- Mexichem has acquired Sylvin Technologies, a niche PVC compounds manufacturer, for $39 million on a debt-free and cash-free valuation basis. Located in Lancaster County in the US...
25.01.2018
- Chinese bio-industrial conglomerate Sinobioway Group has made an equity investment of Can$125 million into Enerkem, a Canadian manufacturer of biofuels and renewable chemicals from...
25.01.2018
- US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson has just been handed its second defeat in patent litigation this month. On Jan. 23, a US appeals court hearing J&J’s challenge to a lower...
24.01.2018
- Saudi Aramco Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of oil and gas group Saudi Aramco, has signed a joint agreement with US engineering companies CB&I and Chevron Lummus Global...
24.01.2018
- Sanofi is boosting its presence in blood disorders through the acquisition of Bioverativ, the former hemophilia business of major US biotech Biogen, which was spun out in February...
24.01.2018
- Sandoz, the generics subsidiary of Novartis, is collaborating with Biocon, an India-based biopharmaceuticals producer, to develop, manufacture and commercialize multiple...
23.01.2018
- The board of leading animal nutrition producer Bluestar Adisseo has given its approval to the construction of a third liquid methionine plant. The 180,000 t/y facility will be...
