22.11.2016
- BASF has announced it is selling its Inorganic Specialties business to Cleveland, Ohio, USA-based private equity investor Edgewater Capital Partners. The business includes a...
21.11.2016
- A Schulman, the US plastics compounder and distributor, is slashing 60 jobs – mainly in Europe – as it comes to terms with the fallout from last year’s acquisition of compatriot...
21.11.2016
- UK specialty chemicals producer Croda has opened a new office in the Iranian capital of Tehran. The Hull, England-based company said the Croda Pars office, which will cater to the...
18.11.2016
- BASF is in the process of expanding its North American MDI output to take advantage of the abundance of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock on the US Gulf Coast. The German chemical...
18.11.2016
- US federal prosecutors in New York’s Southern District have arrested a former executive of Canada-headquartered Valeant Pharmaceuticals and the former CEO of the erstwhile mail...
17.11.2016
- ExxonMobil is adding 650,000 t/y of high performance polyethylene capacity at its Beaumont, Texas, USA, site, where it already produces 1 m t/y. The oil and petrochemicals group...
17.11.2016
- Bayer has completed the placement of €4 billion in mandatory convertible notes with institutional investors, excluding the pre-emptive rights of the shareholders of Bayer AG. The...
15.11.2016
- Since the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, companies based in other countries that signed the nuclear deal with Iran have feared it might be doomed...
