06.05.2014
- Korea's Idemitsu Kosan and Japanese partner Mitsui have canceled preliminary plans for a 50:50 linear alpha olefins joint venture in the U.S., effectively pulling the rug from...
06.05.2014
- Beyond This Year's Growth - Major chemical markets are heading for further improvement this year, according to the latest global business update from the German chemical industry...
02.05.2014
- Dow Chemical's integrated strategy is costing shareholders billions of dollars, and executives should work harder to boost results and transparency, activist investor Daniel Loeb...
08.04.2014
- Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) has held groundbreaking ceremonies for the new 1.5 m t/y ethane cracker to be built at its Cedar Bayou site near Baytown, Texas. The cracker...
02.04.2014
- Annual results presented by global chemical companies for 2013 showed a diverse picture. This was scant surprise as many were still mired in a transformation process, while others...
31.03.2014
- Antonio Galindez, president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical, will retire with effect from May 1. He has held the position since 2009. Moving...
20.03.2014
- With activist shareholder hedge fund Third Point breathing down its corporate neck, Dow Chemical has lifted its asset sale target from $3-4 billion to $4.5-6 billion. The company...
17.03.2014
- Trinseo, the former Dow Chemical styrenics, engineeering and synthetic rubber business trading until recently as Styron, filed for an initial public offering (ipo) on Mar.14. The...
