05.07.2019
- In a less-than-everyday occurrence, a spinoff is suing its former parent company over environment liabilities. Nevertheless, many market watchers believe this one was inevitable...
04.07.2019
- Austria’s Lenzing Group said it plans to invest €1billion to increase production of its Tencel brand lyocell fibers to meet the strong demand. The first expansion phase...
03.07.2019
- Amid criticism that the chemical industry is dragging its feet on REACH, the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has kept a pledge made in June to help bring producers into...
02.07.2019
- Under pressure to keep its commitment to saving the nuclear accord with Iran known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” (JCPOA), agreed in 2014, implemented from 2016 and largely...
02.07.2019
- Swiss fine chemicals producer and drug developer Lonza has signed a binding agreement to acquire a sterile drug product fill & finish plant from Novartis, the first such facility...
01.07.2019
- Hints that Bayer could be willing to settle with plaintiffs in Roundup lawsuits out of court and not wait for the outcome of its appeals against unfavorable judgments in the...
28.06.2019
- Nouryon, the former Akzo Nobel specialty chemicals business, has increased capacity for dialkyl peroxide by 25% at its Ningbo site in China. The product, sold under the name...
28.06.2019
- Marketplace shifts and the increasing volatility of international political developments are making it harder for large chemical tankers such as BASF to navigate the choppy...
