08.03.2016
- A UK court of appeals in London has upheld a fine of £166,650 imposed by the Chester Crown Court on Ineos Chlor Vinyls in June 2015 for releasing caustic soda into the Manchester...
08.03.2016
- Plans by German specialty chemicals producer Evonik to divest its acrylics business and diversify into higher value-added products appear to have stalled. According to reports, the...
07.03.2016
- The plot surrounding the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont continues to thicken. After the companies late last week signaled that the deal could take longer due to regulatory...
04.03.2016
- Despite a weaker than expected 2015 and an especially disappointing end to the year, the outlook for German chemical producers in 2016 is mostly positive, the industry association...
04.03.2016
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has canceled the registration of the herbicide flubendiamide, believed to pose a risk to fish, as the two manufacturers, Bayer...
04.03.2016
- Despite recent reports of progress in aligning production segments and geographic locations, the merger of Dow and DuPont may not take shape as fast as the future partners...
03.03.2016
- Privately owned German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim is talking to AbbVie of the US about a partnership in oncology potentially worth billions of dollars, the news agency...
03.03.2016
- Saudi Arabian chemical giant SABIC has acquired a majority stake in Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics, a producer of engineered thermoplastic, fiber-reinforced unidirectional (“UD”)...
