20.06.2019
- A special meeting of Versum’s shareholders has approved the takeover of the company by Merck KGaA. The approval ratifies an Apr. 12 agreement that sees the German chemicals and...
19.06.2019
- South Korean contractor SK Engineering & Construction has been tapped to carry out a front-end engineering and design study for a 750,000 t/y propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant...
18.06.2019
- As it continues to deal with the fallout from its takeover of Monsanto, Bayer is working through the former US agribusiness giant’s list of “enemies,” and said it is notifying...
18.06.2019
- US drugs giant Pfizer is digging into its deep pockets to boost its oncology portfolio. The New York-based company said it will pay $48 per share to acquire Array BioPharma, a US...
17.06.2019
- As lawsuits claiming that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes cancer – more than 14,000 to date – keep flooding in, and all jury trials so far have gone against it...
14.06.2019
- German chemical producer Wacker has inaugurated a new production line for silicone elastomers at its Zhangjiagang, China, site. The company said the “several thousand” t/y facility...
14.06.2019
- The growing US opioid crisis has claimed its first corporate victim. Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, a few days after pleading...
13.06.2019
- Styrenics specialist Ineos Styrolution, since 2016 wholly owned by the Ineos group, has reportedly applied to the state government of Texas for tax incentives to realize plans for...
