06.07.2017
- Biesterfeld Spezialchemie – one of the leading international distributors of products and solutions in the world of specialty chemicals – was recognized with the "Golden Sensory...
06.07.2017
- JSR Life Sciences has acquired Swiss biotech Selexis for an undisclosed sum. The Geneva-headquartered company is the global leader in mammalian cell-line generation technologies...
06.07.2017
- Total and Iran have reached preliminary agreement to build three petrochemical plants that could see investment of up to $2 billion, according to a news agency source at the...
06.07.2017
- Spanish energy and petrochemicals group Repsol has agreed to establish a joint venture with Russian oil company Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of energy giant Gazprom, despite Western...
06.07.2017
- As it continues to pursue plans to take over US agribusiness rival Monsanto, Germany’s Bayer said it will lower its full-year 2017 earnings forecast due to weakness in its consumer...
05.07.2017
- Merck Ventures, the strategic investment arm of German pharmaceuticals and life sciences group Merck KGaA, has created immuno-oncology company iOnctura. Based in Geneva...
05.07.2017
- AkzoNobel has acquired the UK’s Flexcrete Technologies and has also announced an agreement to buy French manufacturer Disa Technology (Disatech) in a bid to further strengthen its...
05.07.2017
- In a 2-1 vote, a US federal appeals court in Washington, DC ruled this week that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not suspend a rule planned by the administration of...
05.07.2017
- Activist investors unhappy with the merger plans of Clariant and Huntsman have joined forces to torpedo it. The Corvex hedge fund of Keith Meister – a protégé of billionaire...
04.07.2017
- Evonik has combined its isophorone chemistry and epoxy curing agents businesses into a newly formed Crosslinkers division with effect from Jul. 1. “Combining both businesses to one...
