04.07.2018
- At a recent European business forum, Ineos director Tom Crotty hinted that the Swiss-headquartered group was considering building a new cracker in northwest Europe. On the first...
03.07.2018
- AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is expanding chlor-alkali production at Rotterdam to strengthen its local industrial cluster. As part of the plan, the company recently sold to Dutch...
03.07.2018
- As part of a corporate efficiency drive, German chemical producer Evonik is streamlining its administrative and sales workforce and intends to eliminate as many as 1,000 jobs up to...
02.07.2018
- US industrial gases producer Airgas – since 2016 part of French gases giant Air Liquide (AL) – is suing private equity investor Carlyle and a former executive of AL in a US federal...
28.06.2018
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, which contains an active ingredient derived from marijuana. The drug is the first containing...
28.06.2018
- Japanese chemical giant Sumitomo has applied to the EU for registration of a novel fungicide compound it discovered in a development project with Germany’s BASF. The fungicide with...
28.06.2018
- German gases and engineering group Linde and compatriot chemical producer Evonik have signed an exclusive agreement to cooperate on the use of membranes for natural gas processing...
28.06.2018
- The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into BASF’s proposed purchase of Solvay’s nylon (polyamide) business, saying the deal could reduce competition and lead...
