04.08.2015
- International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has completed its acquisition of the chlorvinyls assets divested by new European PVC market leader INOVYN. The new PVC joint venture...
04.08.2015
- As the European PVC production sector goes through a spell of “shape-shifting,” the prospects for France’s ailing Kem One are looking up. Following the merger of the Solvay and...
04.08.2015
- The consistent, rapid growth in the biopharma industry has made it difficult to hire and retain the right staff, consultants BioPlan Associates say in their 12th Annual Report and...
03.08.2015
- Wintershall, the oil and gas subsidiary BASF, and Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline...
03.08.2015
- The Special Chem global business unit of Belgian chemical group Solvay has joined forces with an unnamed partner – described as “one of the world’s leading electronics producers” –...
03.08.2015
- German industrial gases producer Messer and BLRT Grupp, its partner in the joint venture Elme Messer Gaas, have officially commissioned their new €5m oxygen plant in Järvakandi...
03.08.2015
- At Caserta, Italy, GFBiochemicals has brought a 10,000 t/y worldscale plant for levulinic acid, claimed to be world’s largest and the first to produce the bioplastics feedstock...
31.07.2015
- With its agreement to acquire all shares of US-based Cytec for $5.5 billion in cash, unanimously recommended by both companies’ boards, Solvay is moving with full force into the...
31.07.2015
- Ingevity has been selected as the new name for the MWV Specialty Chemicals division of US packaging producer WestRock Company, set to become a standalone company by the end of this...
31.07.2015
- Germany-based global distribution giant Brenntag will become the first distributor to join the initiative “Together for Sustainability” (TfS) established in 2011 by six...
