08.10.2019
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its € 5.8 billion acquisition of US-based Versum Materials. The Darmstadt-headquartered pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer said the buy makes...
07.10.2019
- As Brexit nears, concern is rising in the UK over Ineos’ proposal to close its 280,000 t/y acrylonitrile plant at Seal Sands on Teesside in northeast England. The Swiss...
07.10.2019
- The next pending US lawsuit charging that Monsanto glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused the plaintiff’s cancer has been postponed until February 10, 2020. On Oct. 6, Monsanto...
07.10.2019
- US President Donald Trump has once again singled out the pharmaceutical industry for criticism. This time, his comments – which seem to have come out of the blue – have led to...
04.10.2019
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received a multi-week funding reprieve until Nov. 21, when its budget may again be threatened by a potential shutdown of the...
22.09.2019
- A consortium of organizations in the Flemish region of Belgium recently submitted an objection to Ineos’ plans to build a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant and an ethane cracker...
15.09.2019
- Evonik Venture Capital is the lead investor in Chinese start-up Meditool, an innovative Shanghai-based manufacturer of surgical implants printed with polyetherketone (PEEK). The...
13.09.2019
- Ashland Global Holdings has completed the previously announced sale of its composites business (amended to exclude the maleic business) and its butanediol (BDO) manufacturing...
