12.05.2016
- So far, in the Western world limited attention has been paid to the Chinese market for chemical distribution. In fact, only last year´s ICIS list of the biggest global chemical...
12.05.2016
- The chemical distribution industry has annual sales of around €168 billion globally, with about €28 billion in Europe. As a crucial link in the supply chain that connects...
12.05.2016
- Distributors often see themselves in a central position within the chemicals (or polymers) value chain, as a bridge between supplier expectations and customer needs. This position...
12.05.2016
- Collaboration between chemical distributors and logistic service providers (LSPs) has become increasingly important in recent years as supply chains become more complex and markets...
12.05.2016
- US resins producer Reichhold Group and Italy’s Polynt have agreed to merge, creating a leading global composite resins and coatings company. The combined entity will be equally...
12.05.2016
- The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of persons or persons who deliberately...
12.05.2016
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess has announced it will invest €200 million of the €1.2 billion proceeds from Saudi Aramco’s takeover of part of its synthetic rubber...
11.05.2016
- Pfizer has entered into an agreement with Wave Life Sciences to develop and commercialize nucleic acid therapies for metabolic diseases. The collaboration, potentially worth more...
11.05.2016
- Romanian prosecutors have seized the assets of Rompetrol’s Petromidia refining and petrochemicals complex as part of an investigation into the company’s privatization, which took...
11.05.2016
- Israel-based Teva, the world's largest generic drugmaker, still expects its $40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan's generics business, which trades as Actavis, to close in June...
