03.11.2016
- Solvay has appointed US-based Foster Corporation to distribute its Udel polysulfone and Radel polyphenylsulfone resins in the North American healthcare market. Based in Putnam...
03.11.2016
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals is in advanced discussions with Japan’s Takeda to sell its Salix subsidiary for $10 billion, according to the US business newspaper Wall Street Journal. The...
03.11.2016
- Dutch chemical producer AkzoNobel has inaugurated two new specialty chemicals plants at its multi-site in Ningbo, China at an initial investment of €80 million and also announced...
02.11.2016
- Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and US technology conglomerate IBM have expanded their existing global e-Health alliance to focus on two key healthcare challenges – the...
02.11.2016
- Germany-based global chemical distributor Brenntag has agreed to purchase the distribution business of Singapore’s EPChem Group for an undisclosed sum. EPChem, which had sales of...
02.11.2016
- US chemical producer Eastman has settled damage claims brought by residents of the US city of Charleston, West Virginia, dating back to a January 2014 spill of the coal-cleaning...
02.11.2016
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has signed a new long-term contract to continue to supply hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO) to BASF at the Port of Antwerp...
01.11.2016
- South Korean petrochemical producer LG Chem said it plans to expand output of its cracker at Daesan by 230,000 t/y as of 2019. The upgrade, which will cost the equivalent of €227...
01.11.2016
- Genetic modification of crops in North America has not increased crop yields or led to a reduction in the use of chemical crop protectants – in particular compared with Europe...
01.11.2016
- China’s Jilin Connell Chemical Industry has selected Honeywell UOP’s Advanced Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) process for a new plant that will convert local coal resources into ethylene...