Keyword: Agrochemistry

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Monsanto Seen Working on a New Bid for Syngenta

19.05.2015 - Sources close to Monsanto have told the news agency Reuters that Monsanto is putting together a new offer for Swiss rival Syngenta. The news agency said it understands the US...

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Syngenta Rejects Monsanto’s Overtures

08.05.2015 - Confirming that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Monsanto to acquire the company at a price of CHF449 per share with approximately 45% in cash, the board of directors...

Markets & Companies

How 20 Years Have Transformed the Chemical Industry

06.05.2015 - For the second consecutive year, the Boston Consulting Group has conducted a total shareholder return (TSR) analysis of the chemical industry. The top 10 chemical companies have...

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Monsanto Said to be Stalking Syngenta Again

06.05.2015 - Predators are stalking not only Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant, but also agrochemicals giant Syngenta. Following a report by news agency Bloomberg that US rival...

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DuPont to Buy Microbials Specialist Taxon Biosciences

27.04.2015 - DuPont has announced plans to buy California biotech company Taxon Biosciences, specialized in microbiomes for development of biological crop products. Terms of the deal, set to...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chemspec Europe 2015 News:

27.03.2015 - Chemspec Europe 2015 News: Royal Society of Chemistry Symposium 2015After the huge success of the two day international RSC Symposium organised in association with Chemistry...

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Syngenta Said to Mull Countersuits in Corn Seed Dispute

17.02.2015 - Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta may file counterclaims against some of the more than 750 US grain farmers and exporters who have sued the world's largest agrochemicals group...

Strategy & Management

Profitable Growth in Specialty Chemicals

20.01.2015 - The European chemical industry's share of the global market remains on a downward trajectory in continuation of the negative trend visible to observers for years. Europe's chemical...