10.10.2017
- Netherlands-based Stahl Group has completed the purchase of BASF’s leather chemicals business. The German group retained a 16% stake in the Waalwijk-based company in order to...
09.10.2017
- It all started with steam and power, next came mass production with the help of electricity, followed by the digital revolution that transformed the way we work. And what is next...
09.10.2017
- The European Parliament has blocked the European Commission’s proposal for scientific criteria that would identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in pesticides. On Oct. 4...
09.10.2017
- Through the sale of an additional 6.9% of engineering plastics producer Covestro for €1 billion, Bayer has ceded control of its former group company known earlier as Bayer...
06.10.2017
- Intergraph Process, Power & Marine is now known as Hexagon PPM – as Hexagon PPM, the company continues to focus on delivering end-to-end information technology solutions that drive...
06.10.2017
- German specialty chemicals group Lanxess has announced it will close its base oils plant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by November 2018 at the latest. Lanxess acquired the...
06.10.2017
- US-headquartered private equity group H.I.G. Capital has signed an agreement to acquire Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holdings, buying back a business it sold to The Jordan Company...
06.10.2017
- In what it regards as a “potential game-changer for the industry”, AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology for producing ethylene amines and...
05.10.2017
- Ineos has slammed Scotland’s decision to ban fracking, saying it will negatively affect the country’s jobs, energy security and growth. Tom Pickering, operations director at Ineos...
05.10.2017
- UK pharmaceutical company Ergomed has acquired PSR Group, a Dutch contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in orphan drug development and is regarded as a leading...
