Keyword: Dow

News

Dow Completes Freeport Cracker

30.03.2017 - Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its 1.5 million t/y ethylene plant at Freeport, Texas, USA, with commissioning now underway and start-up expected by the middle of...

News

DuPont Informs Ag Employees on Sell-offs

30.03.2017 - DuPont has begun talks with employees of agrochemicals facilities it plans to divest in exchange for EU approval of its $130 million merger with Dow Chemical. According to US...

News

EU Commission Greenlights DowDuPont

28.03.2017 - The European Commission (EC) on Mar. 27 approved the proposed $130 billion merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont into DowDuPont after the companies made promises to sell substantial...

News

Confidence in Agriculture Mergers Solidifies

23.02.2017 - The first of the three mega mergers affecting mainly the global agrochemicals sector, the $130 billion link-up of Dow Chemical and DuPont, could win EU approval soon, the news...

News

Dow to Sell EEA Copolymers to SK Global

03.02.2017 - Dow Chemical has announced plans to sell its ethylene acrylic acid (EEA) copolymers business to South Korea’s SK Global Chemical. The move is part of a plan to shed assets and...

News

Trinseo Sells Share in PC JV to Partner Sumitomo

27.01.2017 - Styrenics producer Trinseo, formerly known as Styron and once part of Dow Chemical, has agreed to sell its 50% share of Sumika Styron Polycarbonate (SSPC) to joint venture partner...

News

EU Says DowDuPont Approval “Still Open”

10.01.2017 - Following a Jan. 9 meeting between would-be merger partners Dow Chemical and DuPont, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the outcome of the regulatory authority’s...

News

Dow to Convert Preferred Shares

19.12.2016 - Dow Chemical has announced it will convert $4 billion worth of preferred shares held by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment vehicle and Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund...