27.11.2017
- Following a supervisory board meeting and a first face-to-face encounter with activist investor White Tale last week, Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant said it would...
15.11.2017
- Donald Trump's trade mission to China last week has generated new business opportunities for several US chemical companies, including Air Products, Honeywell UOP and Dow Chemical...
10.11.2017
- A month ago, at the European Petrochemical Association’s Annual Meeting held in Berlin, Germany, Jim Fitterling, president & chief operating officer of the Dow Chemical Company...
06.11.2017
- SK Global Chemical, part of SK Innovation, is buying another asset from Dow Chemical, this time its polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) business. The acquisition includes all production...
06.10.2017
- In what it regards as a “potential game-changer for the industry”, AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology for producing ethylene amines and...
21.09.2017
- Petrochemical plants on the US Gulf Coast are starting to resume operations after Hurricane Harvey left behind a trail of destruction. Refineries and chemical plants had been shut...
13.09.2017
- Following a four-month portfolio review prompted by activist shareholders, new US chemical heavyweight DowDuPont has responded to some of the pressure. The company said it now...
05.09.2017
- US chemical giants Dow and DuPont completed their $130 billion merger at the end of August, following all regulatory approvals. With the end of trading under the two groups’...
