31.07.2015
- Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta, currently being pursued by US giant Monsanto, is” not a logical acquisition target for Bayer,” Marijn Dekkers, CEO of the German group, said in...
30.07.2015
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has started up its €350m global-scale hydrogen production site at Yanbu Industrial City in Saudi Arabia, where it has a long-term...
30.07.2015
- July this year began with the highest-ever value of M&A transactions announced in any July since 2008, says Mergermarket, an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence...
30.07.2015
- In the latest spectacular takeover to occupy the attention of the international pharmaceuticals sector, Israeli generics giant Teva has agreed to pay $40.5 billion cash and stock...
29.07.2015
- DSM Dyneema announced that Gerard de Reuver has elected to step down as President of DSM Dyneema after five years in the post on 1 August 2015. He will be succeeded by Golnar...
29.07.2015
- Johnson Matthey has agreed to divest its Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals business to Thermo Fisher Scientific for £256 million in cash, subject to typical post-closing adjustments...
29.07.2015
- As part of the ongoing strategic expansion of its site at Changshu in China’s Jiangsu Province Solvay Specialty Polymers has started up a new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant. The...
29.07.2015
- Frankfurt, Germany-based HCS Group, driving forward its expansion into the US market, has announced it will acquire Shu-Chem Holdings, based at Manvel near Houston, Texas. Since...
29.07.2015
- French pharmaceutical producer Sanofi and its subsidiary Genzyme have agreed to acquire the Caprelsa (vandetanib) rare disease therapy of British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca...
29.07.2015
- A new experimental Alzheimer’s drug, solanezumab, developed by Eli Lilly has raised hopes for a breakthrough in the treatment of the disease. The progress was reported at the...
