20.11.2019
- The US Federal Trade Commission has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $74 billion takeover of biotech Celgene by a vote of 3 to 2. The biggest merger in the history of the global...
19.11.2019
- Swedish specialty chemical company Perstorp plans to build a new plant in India’s Gujarat state to produce Pentaerythritol (Penta). The world-scale, greenfield facility’s output...
19.11.2019
- As one of the main participants, BASF Venture Capital has invested $4 million in the first closing of the Brazilian AgVentures II fund managed by São Paulo-based SP Ventures. The...
18.11.2019
- Chemetall, the global surface treatment unit of BASF’s coatings division, has inaugurated a new laboratory and office building in Langelsheim, Germany, completing the expansion of...
18.11.2019
- As it prepares for an initial public offering, Saudi Arabia has assigned a preliminary valuation of state-owned oil group Aramco, spanning a range of $1.6 -$1.71 trillion. This is...
15.11.2019
- The European Parliament’s Environment committee (ENVI) has reportedly extended by two months the window for objections to the classification of titanium dioxide in inhalable powder...
15.11.2019
- US Merck & Co. is eliminating 200 manufacturing and R&D jobs in France as part of a $1.2 billion worldwide restructuring of operations. The axe will fall on 101 production and 106...
15.11.2019
- German specialty chemicals company Lanxess has agreed to sell its organometallics business to US chemicals firm PMC Group. Financial terms were not disclosed. PMC’s European...
