27.03.2017
- Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical plans to invest $132 million in a new plant in South Korea to produce curved-surface AMOLED touch panels based on thin-film substrates. The Japanese...
27.03.2017
- Saudi chemical giant SABIC has agreed to supply 305,000 t/y of urea to Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation. The one-year agreement is an extension of a previous contract...
27.03.2017
- On the eve of the US Republican party’s failed bid to repeal the Affordable Care Act (AHA) of former US president, Barack Obama and replace it with its own plan, Pfizer CEO Ian...
24.03.2017
- Just as news agencies and the CEOs of and DuPont had begun reporting that the merger of the two US chemical powerhouses was close to receiving all regulatory approvals, antitrust...
24.03.2017
- After previous unsuccessful efforts to divest its leather business, BASF has found a buyer in the Netherlands-based Stahl Group. To facilitate a deal, the German chemical giant has...
23.03.2017
- US paints and coatings giant PPG Industries is doubling down on its efforts to bring AkzoNobel to the negotiating table. After the Dutch rival rejected its first bid, the...
23.03.2017
- BASF has inaugurated its new $270 million world-scale production complex for dicamba, the active ingredient in its Engenia herbicide, at its Beaumont, Texas, site. The German group...
22.03.2017
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novartis’ new drug Kisqali (ribociclib) as an initial treatment for postmenopausal women with a type of metastatic breast...