13.10.2017
- Chevron Phillips Chemical has completed commissioning and begun start-up operations at its two new PE plants on the US Gulf Coast. The plants will use the US group’s proprietary...
12.10.2017
- Data in industry is coming in larger quantities, more frequently and from more sources all the time. The buzzwords Internet of Things, Big Data and Industry 4.0 were coined to...
12.10.2017
- As part of their long-term cooperation, DSM and US industrial bioscience company Amyris have entered into another agreement to develop and produce a new class of human nutrition...
12.10.2017
- World-leading PET producer Indorama Ventures Ltd (IVL) has agreed to buy DuPont Teijin Films (DTF), a major producer of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) and...
12.10.2017
- US drugmaker Merck has agreed to pay KalVista Pharmaceuticals more than $750 million to gain the rights to KVD001, an investigational treatment for diabetic macular edema (DME), as...
11.10.2017
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Lonza has acquired Shire’s clinical-stage mammalian manufacturing site in Hayward, California, USA, boosting its cGMP capacity and supplementing...
11.10.2017
- German fertilizer group K+S plans to combine its potash and salt business as it seeks to achieve annual operational savings of €150 million and EBITDA of €3 million by 2030. The...
11.10.2017
- Major US engineering and construction group Fluor has won a contract to provide engineering and procurement services for LyondellBasell’s proposed propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary...
10.10.2017
- Solvay has announced plans to expand production capacity for sulfone polymers in India and the US to meet growing demand, primarily from the healthcare and water-treatment...
10.10.2017
- Saudi Aramco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russian petrochemical giant Sibur and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to explore opportunities for...