02.07.2015
- Along with the official launch of the new Ineos-Solvay PVC joint venture Inovyn and BASF’s sale of its 25% stake in SolVin, another PVC jv, to Solvay, BASF has completed the sale...
02.07.2015
- Following clearance of the merger by the European Commission in mid-June, PVC producer Inovyn, the new 50:50 joint venture of Ineos and Solvay, officially started trading on Jul. 1...
01.07.2015
- BASF said it will lift its force majeure (FM) on Jul. 10 for ethylene oxide (EO)-based products produced in Europe in the portfolio of Home Care and Industrial & Institutional...
25.06.2015
- BASF has broken ground at its Shanghai Chemical Industry Park site for the German group’s first process catalysts manufacturing facility in Asia-Pacific. The new facility, set to...
22.06.2015
- BASF has inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers at Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. The €500 million complex, first of...
22.06.2015
- A merger of agrochemicals giants Monsanto and Syngenta would force their competitors to reconsider their own strategies and review cross-licensing deals, Liam Condon, CEO of Bayer...
12.06.2015
- The crisis in the European market for ethylene oxide (EO) is becoming increasingly worse. On June 11, Ineos declared force majeure covering all of Europe for the chemical used in...
10.06.2015
- BASF has revealed plans to sell its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business for an undisclosed sum to France’s Imerys, a market leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for...
