21.06.2017
- The Member State Committee (MSC) of the EU, acting on a proposal made by France, has unanimously voted to add bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used to produce the engineering...
20.06.2017
- Dow Chemical said it has completed construction of its new 400,000 t/y LLDPE plant at Freeport, Texas, one of four polymer production facilities grouped downstream of a 1.5 million...
20.06.2017
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a two-year delay on implementing an Obama era rule, due to have taken effect on Jun. 3, that would require oil and gas...
20.06.2017
- Major state-owned companies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum have signed an agreement to build what they say will be one of the world’s largest integrated...
20.06.2017
- US chemical company Celanese and private equity group Blackstone are to combine their global acetate tow businesses. Celanese will own 70% of the joint venture, with Blackstone...
19.06.2017
- Veramaris, the proposed joint venture between Evonik Nutrition & Care and DSM Nutritional Products, has chosen to locate its proposed commercial-scale plant for omega-3 fatty acids...
19.06.2017
- Major specialty chemical distributor Azelis has boosted its position in the Nordic region’s food market segment with the purchase of Denmark’s LCH for an undisclosed sum...
19.06.2017
- The final go-ahead for the long planned $130 million merger of US chemical giants Dow and DuPont appeared all but assured on Jun. 15 as US antitrust authorities gave the green for...
19.06.2017
- US styrenics producer Trinseo has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Italy’s family-owned API Applicazioni Plastiche Industriali in an all-cash deal. This will be the...
16.06.2017
- US biotechnology group Genentech, part of Roche, is handing back rights to NewLink Genetics’ IDO inhibitor GDC-0919 (navoximod), an investigational cancer treatment. Genentech...
