21.07.2017
- BASF has started up a 60,000 t/y plant for its general purpose PVC plasticizer DOTP (dioctyl terephthalate), branded as Palatinol, at Pasadena, Texas. The German chemical giant...
13.07.2017
- Dow Chemical will build a new $100 million plant to produce polymers for coatings and water treatment applications in the PlasChem Park at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The US group also...
10.07.2017
- After acquiring Arkema’s 50% share in the Oxochimie joint venture, Ineos Oxide, a subsidiary of Swiss-based olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos, said it has completed a strategic...
05.07.2017
- AkzoNobel has acquired the UK’s Flexcrete Technologies and has also announced an agreement to buy French manufacturer Disa Technology (Disatech) in a bid to further strengthen its...
29.06.2017
- In a two-step transaction, internationally active German chemical distributor Brenntag plans to acquire all of the shares in specialty chemical distributor Wellstar Enterprises...
26.06.2017
- Akzo Nobel cooperated closely with the government of the Netherlands, at least from Mar 9, to fend off the failed bid by US rival PPG to acquire the Amsterdam-based coatings and...
12.06.2017
- US private equity firm SK Capital Partners has acquired D.B. Western, a Texas-based producer of formaldehyde and derivatives, for an undisclosed sum. D.B. Western said its plant in...
04.06.2017
- PPG has decided to walk away from AkzoNobel after a bitterly fought three-month struggle to acquire its Dutch rival. The US paints and coatings group had offered €26.9 billion in...
