04.05.2016
- Israel’s flavors and fine ingredients company Frutarom has acquired Extrakt Chemie Dr. Bruno Stellmach, a German firm focused on extracting natural specialty ingredients for the...
04.05.2016
- LyondellBasell expected to increase production at its 263,000 barrel per day Houston, Texas, refinery this week following the restart of a vacuum distillation (VDU) unit attached...
04.05.2016
- US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson plans to appeal a US jury’s award of $55 million in damages to Gloria Ristesund, who blamed her ovarian cancer – now in remission – on the...
03.05.2016
- AkzoNobel has started production at its fourth, and largest, decorative paints plant in China. Located in Qionglai, Chengdu, the facility will produce waterborne and solvent-free...
03.05.2016
- Polymer Solutions Group (PSG), part of US private equity group Arsenal Capital Partners, has acquired Sasco Chemical, a specialty chemicals manufacturer supplying the rubber, wood...
03.05.2016
- Details of talking points on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US, obtained and leaked by Greenpeace’s Netherlands arm, are...
03.05.2016
- Engineering plastics producer Covestro, the former Bayer MaterialScience, has announced plans to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% against the 2005 level as part of its commitment to...
02.05.2016
- Wacker Chemie has agreed to extend its polysilicon price agreement with China as the country’s Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) announces a review of its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy...
02.05.2016
- AstraZeneca has agreed to grant exclusive rights for its Zurampic gout treatment in the US to partner Ironwood Pharmaceuticals. Zurampic was approved by the US Food and Drug...
02.05.2016
- The board of US biopharmaceuticals producer Medivation has unanimously rejected French drugmaker Sanofi’s $9.3 billion bid to acquire the company. David Hung, founder, president...
