08.09.2016
- Solenis has agreed to buy Nopco Holding, a Norwegian producer of specialty chemicals for the pulp and paper industry. The acquisition is Solenis’ fourth this year in the pulp and...
08.09.2016
- Saudi Aramco and its US refining joint venture Motiva Enterprises are being touted as the front-runner to buy the Houston, Texas refinery that LyondellBasell has put up for sale...
08.09.2016
- Williams Partners is looking to sell its majority 88.5% stake in the Geismar, Lousiana, USA, olefins plant as it seeks further funds to expand its natural gas business. The...
08.09.2016
- An unnamed top-30 investor in Bayer has called the German group’s enhanced $127.50 per share revised offer for Monsanto, aimed at securing a deal to buy U.S. rival Monsanto, “far...
07.09.2016
- Following the revision in June of the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) – officially known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act – the...
07.09.2016
- Arkema is expanding capacity for specialty polyamides in China and the US to support its customers’ growth around the world, particularly in the sports, consumer electronics and...
07.09.2016
- CEFIC, the European Chemistry Council, is adding its voice to a coalition of EU-based businesses to support the controversial Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP)...
07.09.2016
- Bayer has upped its offer for Monsanto to $127.50 a share, still about $3-4 per share short of the $131-per-share, analysts think the US rival may be holding out for. Monsanto’s...
06.09.2016
- Styrenics producer Trinseo, formerly Styron and part of Dow Chemical, has approved plans to close its latex production plant in Livorno, Italy, by the end of 2016. Trinseo said it...
06.09.2016
- French renewables company IBN-One, a joint venture between Cristal Union and Global Bioenergies, has awarded a contract for initial engineering work on its proposed bio-isobutene...
