11.01.2017
- Major industrial gases group Air Products has confirmed its offer to buy China’s Yingde Gases Group. The US-based company submitted a proposal letter late last month expressing a...
11.01.2017
- On the rebound from its failed drive to acquire Salix Pharmaceuticals from Canadian drugmaker Valeant in November 2016 – Valeant decided to keep the company – Japanese...
11.01.2017
- French drugmaker Sanofi and US marketing partner Regeneron have announced they will appeal a ruling by a US federal district court judge that would prevent them from selling their...
10.01.2017
- Dutch chemical company AkzoNobel has completed a €22 million expansion of its Los Reyes organic peroxides plant in Mexico. The newly built extension will produce its Laurox brand...
10.01.2017
- Chinese biotechnology company Origin Agritech has signed a definitive agreement with US seeds specialist DuPont Pioneer to gain access to non-GMO corn seed products for sale to the...
10.01.2017
- German pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck KGaA has acquired US-based BioControl Systems, a leading player in food safety testing. Merck said the acquisition, for which...
10.01.2017
- Following a Jan. 9 meeting between would-be merger partners Dow Chemical and DuPont, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the outcome of the regulatory authority’s...
09.01.2017
- US specialty chemicals company Chemtura is expanding its relationship with Azelis Americas with effect from Feb. 1, 2017. The company will become Chemtura’s sole distributor for...
09.01.2017
- German specialty chemical company Altana has acquired the formulated resins business of Belgium’s Solvay for an undisclosed sum. Solvay originally gained the assets as part of its...
09.01.2017
- The former CEO of Reckitt Benckiser’s operations in South Korea has been jailed for seven years over the sale of humidifier disinfectants that have caused the deaths of around 100...
