02.03.2017
- Kem One, a former subsidiary of French chemicals group Arkema, is to form a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) joint venture with Chemplast Sanmar, boosting its footprint in the fast-growing...
02.03.2017
- US food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has signed an agreement to license bio-based glucaric acid technology from the UK’s Johnson Matthey and US bio-based...
02.03.2017
- Christian Kullmann will become chairman of the managing board of German chemical producer Evonik and chief executive officer following the company’s annual shareholders meeting on...
02.03.2017
- German chemical and life sciences major Bayer said it successfully placed a 10.9% stake in engineering plastics producer Covestro with institutional investors on Mar. 1. The...
01.03.2017
- Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced plans to merge Qatar Vinyl Company (QVC), part of Mesaieed Petrochemical, into Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco), which is part of Industries...
01.03.2017
- Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp has reached agreement to take a 60% stake in Dutch feed additive distributor Orffa International Holding. Financial terms of the transaction...
01.03.2017
- In the course of only a week, the US Food and Drug Administration FDA) has accepted the second Biologics License Application (BLA) for priority review. In the latest case, the...
01.03.2017
- As it seeks to free funds for its planned $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer is in the process of reducing its remaining stake in engineering plastics producer Covestro...
28.02.2017
- UK pharmaceutical group Mundipharma is gearing up to launch Truxima (rituximab), a biosimilar from South Korea’s Celltrion, for the treatment of certain cancers and inflammatory...
28.02.2017
- In what was called a vote of confidence for a post-Brexit Britain, Dutch chemicals and coatings group AkzoNobel said it plans to spend €12.6 million on a new research and...
