24.11.2017
- Germany is known for its rigorous environmental standards, its obsession with renewable energy, and high labor cost. Yet Germany’s chemical industry continues to be number one in...
24.11.2017
- The European chemical industry is of major importance for economic development and wealth, providing modern products and materials and enabling solutions in virtually all sectors...
24.11.2017
- Ineos has taken another industry lead with a deal to ship ethane derived from US shale gas to China. The UK-headquartered group has entered into a long-term supply agreement with...
24.11.2017
- US immunology company Dynavax has finally secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its hepatitis B vaccine. Heplisav-B is the first new vaccine to be...
24.11.2017
- In a suit filed in the state of Delaware, the Swiss-based Roche Holding is suing Pfizer to block the future marketing a biosimilar of its breast-cancer drug Herceptin in the US...
23.11.2017
- In its third deal so far this year, Italian specialty chemicals group Italmatch has agreed to acquire US company Detrex. Under the terms of the agreement, a newly formed subsidiary...
23.11.2017
- DSM is buying Amyris Brasil from its long-term partner Amyris for $58 million. The acquisition includes the Brotas 1 production plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and intellectual...
23.11.2017
- Coatings rivals AkzoNobel of the Netherlands and US-based Axalta have ended their talks about a potential multibillion merger to create what they had said would be “a leading...
22.11.2017
- Nogaholding, the investment and business development arm of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) in Bahrain, and Schmidt Group, Heilbronn, Germany, have inaugurated a new...
22.11.2017
- Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) have signed agreements related to their partnership for the development of the Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical...
