23.10.2017
- Environmental authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate have criticized BASF’s information policy in the wake of a mid-October incident at the chemical giant’s new...
20.10.2017
- Europe’s antitrust watchdog has opened an in-depth investigation into a proposed joint venture between Celanese and private equity group Blackstone over concerns it could hurt...
20.10.2017
- With less than a week to go before the tender offer for Linde shares ends, at midnight on Oct. 24, acceptance among shareholders for the planned merger with Praxair is still well...
19.10.2017
- A lawsuit filed in the US capital of Washington, DC this week alleges that bribes it says were paid by leading drugmakers including Pfizer, Roche, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca...
19.10.2017
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro is spearheading a European research project to explore the use of carbon dioxide and other waste gases as a new source of raw...
19.10.2017
- Canada’s Superior Plus Corp. has agreed to buy International Dioxcide (IDI) from Lanxess for an undisclosed sum. IDI provides sodium chlorate-based solutions, including small-scale...
19.10.2017
- BASF has declared force majeure for its compostable bioresins ecoflex and ecovio. The declaration follows the discovery of a technical defect in the ecoflex plant at Ludwigshafen...
18.10.2017
- German PVC producer Vinnolit has announced plans to expand capacities for chlorine and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) at its site in Gendorf. The company, which has been part of the...
18.10.2017
- UK specialty chemicals company Thomas Swan has bought a manufacturing facility in Opelika, Alabama, USA, from Apollo Chemicals, part of Mount Vernon Chemicals. Financial details...
18.10.2017
- As generics pricing pressure increases, Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it will close a US plant at Broomfield, Colorado, owned by its Sandoz subsidiary and employing 450 people. It...
