07.06.2016
- BASF has decided to put plans for a 475,000 t/y US methane-to propylene plant in Freeport, Texas, on ice for now, citing volatile commodity prices. Managing board member Wayne T...
04.04.2016
- Until recently, few outsiders would have called the agricultural chemicals sector exciting. It’s hard to imagine, for example, a thriller or torrid love story or even a poem set in...
07.03.2016
- The plot surrounding the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont continues to thicken. After the companies late last week signaled that the deal could take longer due to regulatory...
04.03.2016
- Despite recent reports of progress in aligning production segments and geographic locations, the merger of Dow and DuPont may not take shape as fast as the future partners...
08.02.2016
- With the agricultural chemicals industry’s woes compounded by the planned merger of Dow and DuPont, and the likely takeover of Syngenta by ChemChina concentrating more power in the...
05.02.2016
- Glaxo SmithKline CEO Andrew Witty has become the first pharmaceutical or chemical company executive to come out in favor of the UK remaining in the EU, although business leaders in...
11.01.2016
- In the worldwide chemicals sector, the proposed merger of US giants Dow Chemical and DuPont announced mid-December and the new company’s subsequently planned break-up into three...
23.12.2015
- Bayer is likely to seek a major life sciences M&A deal in the next few years, banking sources have told the news agency Reuters. The German group’s absence from a recent wave of...
