28.10.2016
- Ten days after the deadly explosion that rocked its Ludwigshafen, Germany, headquarters site on Oct.17, BASF executives held a press briefing on the current state of play. As of...
26.10.2016
- US specialty chemicals and performance materials company Cabot is investing an undisclosed sum in new capacity at its plant in Pepinster, Belgium. The project will enhance...
26.10.2016
- UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is collaborating with US life sciences company Fimbrion to develop a first-in-class small molecule drug to treat and prevent urinary tract...
26.10.2016
- US industrial gases producer Air Products has announced plans to build a new large air separation unit (LASU) in Ulsan, South Korea, at an undisclosed investment cost. The company...
26.10.2016
- Confirming what has seemed obvious to most observers, the chiefs of Dow Chemical and DuPont have acknowledged that their merger won’t be completed by the end of 2016 as hoped, due...
26.10.2016
- Solvay is building a compounding unit in Mexico for its Technyl range of polyamide (PA) resins. The plant in San Luis Potosí will have an initial capacity of 10,000 t/y when it...
26.10.2016
- US specialty chemicals producer Ashland has officially opened its first pharmaceutical excipients facility in China. “Opening a world-class excipient facility in Nanjing is a...
26.10.2016
- The cat is out of the bag: the $43 billion takeover of Swiss agrochemicals producer Syngenta by ChemChina will not be completed before the first quarter of 2017. Putting a...
26.10.2016
- Saudi Aramco has denied having made an offer to acquire the refinery LyondellBasell wants to sell in Houston, Texas, USA, the Saudi Press Agency said. Citing sources familiar with...
26.10.2016
- Dutch chemical producers AkzoNobel and DSM have entered a long-term partnership with compatriot electronics group Phillips and internet giant Google to jointly source power from...
