22.08.2017
- US buyout group SK Capital Partners has opted not to sell Archroma, announcing it has reinvested in the Swiss producer of textile chemicals, paper specialties and emulsions, which...
22.08.2017
- Monsanto has signed a global licensing agreement with South Korean biotech ToolGen, gaining access to its CRISPR gene-editing technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. "This...
22.08.2017
- Germany’s Bayer and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of the US have won the third of three lawsuits involving bleeding risks of the blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto, which was developed...
21.08.2017
- SABIC has completed the purchase of partner Shell Arabia’s half of their 50:50 joint venture SADAF for $820 million. The transfer plans were announced on Jan. 22. The Saudi...
21.08.2017
- US coatings group Axalta has acquired Plascoat Systems, a UK-based leading supplier of thermoplastic powder coatings, from parent company International Process Technologies (IPT)...
21.08.2017
- AkzoNobel and activist shareholder Elliott Advisors have called a truce, ending their feud at least temporarily. Under a standstill agreement, they have promised to suspend all...
17.08.2017
- Indorama Ventures (IVL), the world’s leading PET producer, is to acquire the Mexican operations of US durable technical textiles maker DuraFiber Technology for an undisclosed sum...
17.08.2017
- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is reviewing the planned merger of Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant with US peer Huntsman, has sent the companies a request...
17.08.2017
- US President Donald Trump disbanded his US Manufacturing Council on Aug. 16, a day after the exodus of US Merck’s CEO Kenneth Frazier in protest over remarks made by the president...
17.08.2017
- Elevance Renewable Sciences announced that Karl Schoene will succeed Tony Parnell as Elevance’s CEO. Parnell will transition to Executive Chairman of the board of directors. Both...
