29.11.2017
- Thomas Toepfer has been appointed new chief financial officer of German engineering plastics producer Covestro. On Apr. 1, 2018, the 45-year-old will take over from Patrick Thomas...
29.11.2017
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new two-drug regimen for HIV that reports suggest could shake up the $22 billion market for products to treat the immune...
28.11.2017
- Following an evaluation of its portfolio, South African energy and chemical company Sasol has decided to focus on high-value specialty chemicals and withdraw from shale gas and gas...
28.11.2017
- Finland’s Kemira will spend roughly €30 million to expand its capacity of polymers for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR) at its site in Botlek, the Netherlands. The additional...
28.11.2017
- On its seventh try, the EU’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed at a meeting on Nov. 27 agreed to extend the license of the herbicide chemical glyphosate for five...
27.11.2017
- Solvay is selling its chloralkali plant at Torrelavega, Spain, to Portuguese producer CUF for an undisclosed sum. CUF said it intends to invest €55 million to acquire the plant and...
27.11.2017
- Following a supervisory board meeting and a first face-to-face encounter with activist investor White Tale last week, Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant said it would...
27.11.2017
- BASF has confirmed it is in discussions with Letter One (L1), a consortium of Russian investors based in Luxembourg and led by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, about a merger...
25.11.2017
- Venezuela is one of the emerging pharmaceutical markets in South America, with a major dependence on imports. However, economic and political turmoil along with inefficient patent...
25.11.2017
- For many years, Switzerland has held the top spot in the World Economic Forum (WEF) competitiveness index. Compared to other countries, Switzerland maintains relatively high levels...
