19.11.2015
- After dropping its latest offer for Syngenta, worth upwards of $6 billion, three months ago Monsanto may be planning a fresh attempt to buy its Swiss rival or have another target...
10.11.2015
- As expected, DuPont has appointed interim CEO Edward Breen permanently to the top job. Following the abrupt departure of former CEO Ellen Kullman in mid-October, Breen was also...
08.11.2015
- The agrochemicals industry is on the brink of a new round of mergers and acquisitions, not seen since 2007, following the collapse of global agriculture prices. According to a...
06.11.2015
- Four large seeds producers have withdrawn their applications to cultivate genetically manipulated maize in Germany, federal agriculture minister, Christian Schmidt, has announced...
12.10.2015
- The cracker at Dow Iberica’s production complex in Tarragona, Spain, is down after an incident on Oct. 8, Spanish press reports suggest. Dow reported that propylene gas escaping...
12.10.2015
- In a decision dating back to September, a US appeals court in San Francisco cancelled the registration of Dow Agroscience’s sulfloxaflor insecticide sold under the brand names...
23.09.2015
- As expected earlier, but not as speculated ten days ago, Lanxess has clinched a deal for its synthetic rubber business with Saudi Aramco Overseas Company, a subsidiary of the Saudi...
22.06.2015
- Michelle Williams is being appointed Managing Director of Arkema’s PMMA (Altuglas International) business unit effective 1st July 2015. Williams holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry...
