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Lonza Buys Shire US Site

11.10.2017 - Swiss specialty chemicals company Lonza has acquired Shire’s clinical-stage mammalian manufacturing site in Hayward, California, USA, boosting its cGMP capacity and supplementing...

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K+S Combines Potash and Salt Businesses

11.10.2017 - German fertilizer group K+S plans to combine its potash and salt business as it seeks to achieve annual operational savings of €150 million and EBITDA of €3 million by 2030. The...

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Fluor Wins LyondellBasell PO/TBA Contract

11.10.2017 - Major US engineering and construction group Fluor has won a contract to provide engineering and procurement services for LyondellBasell’s proposed propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary...

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Solvay Hikes Sulfone Polymers Capacity

10.10.2017 - Solvay has announced plans to expand production capacity for sulfone polymers in India and the US to meet growing demand, primarily from the healthcare and water-treatment...

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Aramco and Sibur Link on Petrochemical Projects

10.10.2017 - Saudi Aramco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russian petrochemical giant Sibur and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to explore opportunities for...

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MEPs Veto Proposal on Endocrine Disruptors

09.10.2017 - The European Parliament has blocked the European Commission’s proposal for scientific criteria that would identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in pesticides. On Oct. 4...

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Lanxess to Close Dutch Base Oils Plant

06.10.2017 - German specialty chemicals group Lanxess has announced it will close its base oils plant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by November 2018 at the latest. Lanxess acquired the...

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H.I.G. Capital Buys Back Vantage Specialty Chemicals

06.10.2017 - US-headquartered private equity group H.I.G. Capital has signed an agreement to acquire Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holdings, buying back a business it sold to The Jordan Company...