23.06.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has boosted its pigments capabilities in the Americas with the start-up of a new plant in Mexico in the second quarter of 2016. Located...
23.06.2016
- US nylon producer Invista has won another intellectual property (IP) arbitration against an undisclosed Chinese company for misusing its proprietary PTA technology. Invista said...
23.06.2016
- The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for testing of a new experimental DNA-based Zika vaccine developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. In cooperation with its...
23.06.2016
- Dow Chemical has become the first foreign company to receive a trading license from the government of Saudi Arabia. The status allows the US group to hold a 100% stake in the...
23.06.2016
- Japanese chemical and cosmetics company Kao Corporation has concluded a deal to acquire Spanish inks company Chimigraf Holding for an undisclosed sum. Located in Barcelona with...
23.06.2016
- German chemical distribution company Biesterfeld has set up a new division combining its international business activities for the rubber processing industry. It will start trading...
23.06.2016
- A US federal judge in the state of Wyoming has struck down an regulation of the administration of President Barack Obama dating from March 2015 that would ban fracking for oil and...
23.06.2016
- Italian state-owned oil, gas and petrochemicals group Eni and US private equity company SK Capital have broken off talks over the sale of a majority stake in Eni’s chemicals and...
22.06.2016
- Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has agreed to acquire Italian PVC film producer Alfatherm for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Varese, Alfatherm is the fourth largest...
22.06.2016
- German consumer chemicals producer Henkel has opened its new test facility for automotive composites in Heidelberg, Germany. The Composites Lab is focused on helping automotive...
