09.08.2010
- Eastman said it is in the process of expanding CHDM capacity by 25% at its Kingsport, Tenn., site. The company expects to complete the expansion in two phases, with the first phase...
09.08.2010
- Paris-based drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis may need weeks of haggling to get a deal on buying U.S. biotech firm Genzyme as the two appear wide apart over price. Neither party has...
06.08.2010
- Lanxess has reported significantly better-than-expected results in the second quarter of 2010, which the company says is due to its strategic positioning in the emerging markets...
05.08.2010
- Dow Corning has reported consolidated net income of $220.7 million for the Q2 2010, an increase of 91% from consolidated net income of $115.4 million reported for the second...
05.08.2010
- European Union antitrust regulators approved U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International to buy French firm Sperian on Wednesday, saying the acquisition would not harm competition...
04.08.2010
- Royal Dutch Shell's new 800,000 ton-per-year (tpy) ethylene cracker in Singapore has resumed operations, after a brief disruption caused by a power trip, industry sources said on...
04.08.2010
- Pharmaceutical firm Teva may go ahead with its €3.7 billion takeover of German generic drugmaker Ratiopharm if the companies divest products in the Netherlands and Hungary, the...
04.08.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis has grabbed the headlines with its $18.4 billion bid for Genzyme, but the French drugmaker may be wiser to stick with smaller, bolt-on acquisitions. Sanofi is trying...
03.08.2010
- Praxair reported Q2 net income and diluted earnings per share of $371 million and $1.19, respectively, both up 24% from the prior-year quarter. Second-quarter sales were $2,527...
03.08.2010
- BASF has initiated a number of capital investment projects to enhance the company's manufacturing operations for copper-chrome catalysts at its production sites in Erie, Pa., and...