14.12.2017
- Major oil and petrochemicals producer BP is planning to build a lubricants blending plant in China to help meet the country’s rapidly growing demand. The UK-based group is...
13.12.2017
- PMC Group France, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based PMC Group International, has acquired the pharmaceuticals business of France’s Isochem for an undisclosed sum. The business...
13.12.2017
- Clariant and its US technology partner CB&I are developing a custom-built propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant for China’s Xuzhou HaiDing Chemical Technology. The agreement includes...
12.12.2017
- Israel Chemicals (ICL) has agreed to sell its fire safety and oil additives businesses to private equity firm SK Capital for approximately $1 billion. The divestment is part of ICL...
11.12.2017
- Univar’s wholly owned subsidiaries in Sweden and Norway have agreed to acquire Kemetyl Industrial Chemicals for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is expected to close in early...
11.12.2017
- US additives and instruments supplier BYK, which is part of German specialty chemicals group Altana, will invest $50 million to expand its facility in Gonzales, Texas. BYK is to...
08.12.2017
- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit on Dec. 5 seeking to block Tronox’s acquisition of the titanium dioxide (TiO2) business of Saudi Arabia’s Cristal. The US TiO2...
07.12.2017
- DuPont, a subsidiary of newly merged DowDuPont, is collaborating with Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical to accelerate the development, registration and commercialization of seed-applied...
