31.08.2017
- Dow Chemical has announced plans to raise its stake in Sadara Chemical, a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, to 50%. Both companies have signed a non-binding Memorandum of...
17.08.2017
- US President Donald Trump disbanded his US Manufacturing Council on Aug. 16, a day after the exodus of US Merck’s CEO Kenneth Frazier in protest over remarks made by the president...
17.08.2017
- Sadara, the joint venture between Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, has started up the last of the 26 plants that make up its massive new petrochemical complex at Jubail Industrial...
16.08.2017
- Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck & Co, the third largest US pharmaceutical manufacturer, has resigned from US President Donald Trump’s manufacturing council after criticizing what he...
08.08.2017
- Following all approvals, Dow and DuPont announced late last week that they plan to complete their $130 billion merger on Aug. 31. Almost simultaneously, DuPont said it would pay...
14.07.2017
- More details have emerged on Dow Chemical’s agreement to sell the Brazilian corn seed assets of its AgroSciences division to China’s CITIC Agri Fund for $1.1 billion. The...
13.07.2017
- Dow Chemical will build a new $100 million plant to produce polymers for coatings and water treatment applications in the PlasChem Park at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The US group also...
03.07.2017
- The American Academy of Pediatrics, a body that represents more than 66,000 pediatricians and pediatric surgeons, has written to Scott Pruitt, new administrator of the US...
