19.11.2015
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide – currently the world market’s second largest player behind Linde of Germany – has announced it will buy US rival Airgas for $13.4...
A good film needs excitement, drama, heroes and a happy ending. The construction of the world’s largest thermal solar power plant in Morocco has all of these.
18.11.2015
- Sweden’s Recipharm has agreed to extend a manufacturing and supply agreement for Erdosteine API with Korean drugs firm Daewoong Pharmaceutical. The existing contract has been...
18.11.2015
- Austrian cellulosic fibers producer Lenzing has outlined its new business strategy and financial targets for the next five years. The strategy, named sCore TEN, is designed to help...
18.11.2015
- BASF inaugurated its new €1 billion TDI complex at Ludwigshafen on Nov. 16 at a ceremony attended by Germany’s vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, and the prime minister of the state...
18.11.2015
- Thailand’s Indorama (IVL), the current PET market leader, is further strengthening its position with the acquisition of competitor Cepsa Quimica’s assets in Spain. The Spanish...
17.11.2015
- Huntsman Family Investments (HFI) has agreed to acquire American Pacific Corp.’s specialty chemicals business from global investment bank H.I.G. Capital, which acquired the company...
17.11.2015
- US-based drugs firm Janssen Pharmaceuticals has gained worldwide rights, excluding China and Korea, to develop and commercialize oxyntomodulin-based treatments for diabetes and...
17.11.2015
- Shell’s cracker at Moerdijk in the Netherlands remains off line following a small compressor fire in a compressor on Nov. 11. The oil and petrochemical group so far has not...
17.11.2015
- Arkema has completed the divestment of its Sunclear plastic and aluminum sheet distribution business to BF Invest, its long-term trading party. The business that belongs to the...