02.05.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has unveiled a new strategy for upgrading its presence in the Greater China market. In a talk at the recent Chinaplas exhibition in...
29.04.2016
- Dutch chemical producer AkzoNobel has signed a Letter of Intent with integrated Indian chemical producer Atul to explore the feasibility of establishing a manufacturing joint...
29.04.2016
- Arkema has signed an agreement to participate in the French state-backed Reverplast project, alongside four other companies. Reverplast forms part of new measures launched by the...
29.04.2016
- Belgium’s Umicore, a leading supplier of cathode materials for batteries, is accelerating its capacity expansion plans to meet a surge in demand from hybrid and electric vehicles...
29.04.2016
- As expected, French drugmaker Sanofi has made an unsolicited all cash, non-binding proposal bid to acquire US biopharmaceuticals firm Medivation. In a letter to the board of the...
28.04.2016
- Sumitomo Chemical’s wholly owned subsidiary Valent BioSciences (VBC) has signed a long-term agreement with Argentina’s Rizobacter for R&D collaboration in biorational rhizosphere...
28.04.2016
- French biotechnology company Abivax has signed a contract with API manufacturer PCAS group for the production and supply of ABX464, a drug candidate for treating HIV. Under the...
28.04.2016
- As part of a newly announced collaboration with non-profit scientific institutes and high-tech companies, British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca and its global biologics research...
28.04.2016
- Air Liquide has tripled its European biogas purification capacity over the past year, bringing the total number of plants to 12 and its installed capacity to 160,000 cbm per hour...
27.04.2016
- Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to buy Mexican fine chemicals producer Viakem for an undisclosed sum. Family-owned Viakem is Latin America’s sole custom and...
