19.10.2016
- German specialty chemicals company Evonik is intensifying its cooperation with US computer and printer business HP to develop powders for 3D printing. The Essen-based company will...
19.10.2016
- The $2 billion initial public offering launched last week in Hong Kong by Chinese state-backed China Resources Pharmaceutical, the country’s second-largest drugmaker, attracted...
19.10.2016
- US chemical producer Celanese is beefing up its plastics compounding portfolio with the planned acquisition of Forli, Italy-based SO.F.TER. Group, one of the world’s largest...
18.10.2016
- US performance materials company Ferro has expanded its pigments business with two acquisitions at a cost of around $60 million. A definitive agreement has been made with Belgium’s...
18.10.2016
- As if not to be outdone by the mega mergers planned for Western chemical companies, the Chinese state is thought to be planning to merge two of its own giants, Sinochem Group and...
18.10.2016
- At least two workers were killed, six others seriously injured and another two declared missing following a powerful explosion and fire that broke out during the late morning of...
17.10.2016
- Rising demand for nylon has prompted Japan’s Ube Industries to raise capacity in Castellon, Spain, by 40,000 t/y. The expansion will lift total production at subsidiary Ube...
17.10.2016
- Solvay has agreed to sell most of its organic light emitting diode (OLED) patent portfolio to Japan’s Nissan Chemical Industries for an undisclosed sum. The patents are related to...
17.10.2016
- Pifzer has lost its appeal of a UK patent dispute with Allergan over Lyrica, one of the US pharmaceutical giant blockbuster drugs, with annual global sales of around $5 billion. It...
17.10.2016
- Dow Chemical is prepared to sell its business with ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, used primarily in food packaging, as a move toward winning antitrust approval for its $130...
