12.04.2012
- Bayer MaterialScience will acquire Arkema's polycarbonate sheet business in the USA. Both companies have signed the agreement. Financial terms are not disclosed. The acquisition...
23.03.2012
- French chemical industry association UIC has cut its growth forecast for the country's chemical output next year to 1.8 % from 2.4 %, due to the economic crisis and customers...
28.11.2011
- Arkema is offloading its loss-making vinyl division to Switzerland's Klesch Group, as it refocuses on products that are less sensitive to volatility in raw material prices and the...
10.11.2011
- French specialty chemicals group Arkema revealed a near 4% fall in third quarter sales volumes on Wednesday, showing how tough times could lie ahead for the industrial sector in...
20.06.2011
- Solvay won a 16.5% cut to an antitrust fine after Europe's second-highest court said the Belgian chemicals group took part in an illegal cartel for less time than EU regulators had...
08.06.2011
- French chemicals company Arkema won an appeal on Tuesday against a 219.1 million euro EU antitrust fine after Europe's second-highest court said regulators' decision to impose a...
18.05.2011
- Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday upheld European Union antitrust fines totaling €59 million ($84 million) on French groups Elf Aquitaine and Arkema for participating in a...
02.05.2011
- French specialty chemicals maker Arkema won EU regulatory approval on Friday to acquire parts of French oil major Total's chemicals business, to boost its coatings and resins...
