05.02.2016
- Immediately following the decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global emergency over the Zika virus' suspected link to birth defects, Sanofi Pasteur, the...
04.02.2016
- BASF has announced a 20% global price increase for its Vitamin A products, effective immediately or as contracts allow. The German chemical giant, world’s largest chemical producer...
04.02.2016
- US specialty polymers company PolyOne has bought certain thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) technologies and assets from Kraton Performance Polymers for $72 million. The two companies...
04.02.2016
- Swiss fine and specialty chemical producer Lonza is building up its capabilities for drug development and manufacturing services to meet customers’ clinical outsourcing needs. The...
04.02.2016
- In a call with analysts to discuss 2015 earnings, Andrew Liveris, president and CEO of Dow Chemical and designated executive chairman of the future DowDuPont, announced plans to...
04.02.2016
- ChemChina and Syngenta have confirmed they have come to terms on a takeover of the Swiss agrochemicals giant by the Chinese state-owned chemical group for a total value of €39.4...
03.02.2016
- A key upcoming industry event is DCAT Week, the flagship event of the Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT). DCAT Week brings together pharmaceutical and...
03.02.2016
- As it moves toward a merger with DuPont, Dow Chemical has appointed James R. (“Jim”) Fitterling as its new president and chief operating officer. Fitterling, whose career with Dow...
03.02.2016
- London-based oil major BP has promoted a 35-year veteran of its upstream business to deputize for chief executive Bob Dudley as annual profits more than halve. In the newly created...
03.02.2016
- German industrial gases and engineering company Linde, together with Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, is said to be planning to invest $4 billion in petrochemical projects in Iran...
