04.12.2015
- Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical has agreed to license its polypropylene (PP) and propylene oxide (PO) technologies to South Korean oil refining company, S-Oil. S-Oil operates a complex...
04.12.2015
- Dutch distribution company IMCD has agreed to buy Brazilian pharmaceutical distributor Selectchemie. The portfolio of the Sao Paulo-based company with 43 employees and revenues of...
04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
03.12.2015
- Shell Chemical LP, US arm of the multinational oil and chemicals group, has finalized plans for a new linear alpha olefins (LAO) plant – the fourth at its Geismar, Louisiana...
03.12.2015
- With the planned acquisition of Indian PET producer MicroPET, Thailand-based global market leader Indorama Ventures has hooked up the missing link in its Asian presence, CEO Aloka...
03.12.2015
- Chemours has announced more job losses and a further plant closure as it continues to take steps to transform and optimize its business. In the DuPont spin-off’s latest move, some...
03.12.2015
- Oil and petrochemicals giant Shell declared force majeure on production of base chemical products from its Bukom plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island on Dec. 1, citing a technical...
03.12.2015
- Croda International has agreed to buy Dutch seeds enhancement business Incotec for €155 million. Incotec supplies proprietary and sustainable technologies for vegetable seeds and...
02.12.2015
- US biopharmaceutical company Baxalta has received European marketing approval for its hemophilia treatment Obizur. The drug is said to be the first recombinant porcine sequence...
02.12.2015
- Kassel, Germany-based minerals producer K+S has said it will have to suspend production at its sites in Hattorf and Unterbreizbach with immediate effect as the German state of...
