19.11.2015
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has now completed its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich after clearing all anti-trust hurdles. With the integration of the US fine chemicals producer...
19.11.2015
- After dropping its latest offer for Syngenta, worth upwards of $6 billion, three months ago Monsanto may be planning a fresh attempt to buy its Swiss rival or have another target...
19.11.2015
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide – currently the world market’s second largest player behind Linde of Germany – has announced it will buy US rival Airgas for $13.4...
18.11.2015
- BASF inaugurated its new €1 billion TDI complex at Ludwigshafen on Nov. 16 at a ceremony attended by Germany’s vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, and the prime minister of the state...
18.11.2015
- Thailand’s Indorama (IVL), the current PET market leader, is further strengthening its position with the acquisition of competitor Cepsa Quimica’s assets in Spain. The Spanish...
17.11.2015
- Shell’s cracker at Moerdijk in the Netherlands remains off line following a small compressor fire in a compressor on Nov. 11. The oil and petrochemical group so far has not...
17.11.2015
- Arkema has completed the divestment of its Sunclear plastic and aluminum sheet distribution business to BF Invest, its long-term trading party. The business that belongs to the...
16.11.2015
- Germany’s Lanxess has agreed to form a 50:50 marketing and joint venture with China’s Chongqing Changshou Chemical to exclusively handle Chinese distribution of chloroprene rubber...
