07.04.2016
- Improved water flow in the river Werra will allow German minerals producer K+S to lift short-time working at the plant in the town of Werra, the company has announced. Production...
07.04.2016
- Japan’s Teijin will raise production of Technora para-aramid fiber by 10% at its Matsuyama plant in order to meet growing global demand. The company did not disclose actual...
07.04.2016
- Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta has sought to assure US lawmakers critical of the company’s planned $43 billion takeover by ChemChina that the deal poses no food safety or...
07.04.2016
- North American vinyl building products company Axiall has unanimously rejected a second bid from rival Westlake Chemical, this time worth $3.1 billion. Westlake has subsequently...
07.04.2016
- The targeted $160 billion merger between Pfizer and Allergan has run afoul of new anti-inversion legislation proposed by the US Treasury, as had been predicted by most deal...
06.04.2016
- DuPont will not reopen its herbicide plant at La Porte, Texas, idled since a leak of 24,000 lbs of methyl mercaptan killed four employees at the facility in November 2014. In...
06.04.2016
- US-based Teknor Apex has acquired Plastic-Technologie-Service (PTS), a German custom compounder of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and engineering thermoplastics (ETPs), for an...
06.04.2016
- Chinese giant Sinochem International is to merge with Singapore’s Halcyon Agri, creating the world’s largest and most comprehensive natural rubber supply chain management company...
06.04.2016
- A new therapy from Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), a UK manufacturer of human blood plasma products, has become the first in Europe to be approved for treating patients with...
06.04.2016
- With its expanded consumer healthcare portfolio in mind following the $14 billion acquisition of the relevant Merck & Co business in 2004, Bayer is striving to lift its profile in...
