24.07.2017
- ExxonMobil is contesting a $2 million fine from the US Treasury Department for violating sanctions against doing business with Russia. The discussion revolves around a deal made...
24.07.2017
- Citing health reasons, Ton Büchner stepped down as CEO of Akzo Nobel with immediate effect on Jul. 19. The 52-year-old executive, who took a leave of absence due to exhaustion...
21.07.2017
- BASF has started up a 60,000 t/y plant for its general purpose PVC plasticizer DOTP (dioctyl terephthalate), branded as Palatinol, at Pasadena, Texas. The German chemical giant...
21.07.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business is planning a further expansion of its organic peroxides plant in Ningbo, China, during the next two years. A project is already underway...
21.07.2017
- Solvay has agreed to sell its 50% stake in Brazilian PVC compounder Dacarto Benvic to its joint venture partners for an undisclosed sum. The partner companies are Dupre...
21.07.2017
- Buoyed by sales growth and good capacity utilization rates in the first half of 2017, Germany’s chemical producers expect the good business climate to continue for the rest of the...
20.07.2017
- The European Commission has accused Israeli drugmaker Teva and its US subsidiary Cephalon of breaching antitrust rules. Regulators classed an agreement between the companies to...
20.07.2017
- Increasing demand for its Twaron high-performance aramid fiber has prompted Teijin Aramid to invest in new spinning technology that will boost capacity at its plant in Emmen, the...
20.07.2017
- The US state of Tennessee has become the fourth to place restrictions on the use of Monsanto’s dicamba, due to damages the herbicide is said to cause to crops not genetically...
20.07.2017
- The European Commission has approved Ineos’ acquisition of BP’s North Sea pipelines for up to $250 million. The deal includes the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) that links 85 oil...
