07.05.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has received the green light from district authorities in Cologne to expand its hydrochloric acid plant at Dormagen, Germany. The project is scheduled...
07.05.2014
- As expected, Germany's Bayer has emerged as the winner of the race to acquire U.S. Merck's consumer care business. The $14.2 billion deal announced on May 5 is expected to close in...
05.05.2014
- With UK consumer health giant Reckitt having bowed out of the race to acquire the consumer business of U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co, Germany's Bayer is said to be in exclusive...
29.04.2014
- Total has not put its liquefied petroleum gas unit Totalgaz up for sale, the group said after Paris daily newspaper Les Echos reported that the French oil and petrochemicals major...
28.04.2014
- Germany's Bayer and British consumer products giant Reckitt are said to have emerged as frontrunners to win the auction for the Merck & Co consumer products unit, each reportedly...
09.04.2014
- After months of wrangling, Germany and the EU have settled their differences over whether energy intensive companies can remain exempt from paying a surcharge to support the...
08.04.2014
- Silicone and quartz producer Momentive Performance Materials (MPM) is said to be close to filing for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company belonging to private...
02.04.2014
- Following its exit from the carbon nanotube sector last year, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) plans to sell proprietary intellectual property gained in the decade-long research...
