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Dutch Fund Joins Apollo in Akzo Specialties bid

13.02.2018 - Interest in acquiring the Specialty Chemicals business Dutch coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel has put up for sale is shaping up to be more substantial than the company may have...

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Loss-making Teva Progresses Turnaround

12.02.2018 - Troubled Israeli generics giant Teva Pharmaceuticals is making "strong progress" on its turnaround plan, despite an even higher loss – approaching $12 billion – in the 2017 fourth...

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ADNOC Deepening Ties With China

09.02.2018 - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is keen to explore petrochemicals, energy and technology partnerships with China, in particular to learn how energy input from the oil-rich...

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Syngenta Completes Nidera Seeds Buy

09.02.2018 - Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta has completed the acquisition of Nidera Seeds, the crop seeds business of Chinese grains trader COFCO International. Terms of the acquisition...

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Arkema Adding PA 12 Capacity in China

08.02.2018 - Complementing a major expansion project for bio-based polyamide 11, French chemical producer Arkema is widening its worldwide PA 12 production capacity in reaction to strong demand...

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ExxonMobil Baytown Cracker Ready to Start

08.02.2018 - ExxonMobil’s new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker at Baytown, Texas, USA, is mechanically complete, and start-up is now expected during the second quarter of this year, the US...

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Bayer Pledges More Concessions on Monsanto

07.02.2018 - Following the European Commission’s late-January extension of its lengthened probe into the planned Bayer-Monsanto merger, the German group said on Feb. 5 it had offered additional...

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Interest in Consumer Drug Buys Waning?

06.02.2018 - Pharmaceutical companies’ interest in buying consumer health businesses is waning, with more players interested in shedding the activities than acquiring them, reports suggest...