21.08.2017
- US coatings group Axalta has acquired Plascoat Systems, a UK-based leading supplier of thermoplastic powder coatings, from parent company International Process Technologies (IPT)...
21.08.2017
- AkzoNobel and activist shareholder Elliott Advisors have called a truce, ending their feud at least temporarily. Under a standstill agreement, they have promised to suspend all...
17.08.2017
- Indorama Ventures (IVL), the world’s leading PET producer, is to acquire the Mexican operations of US durable technical textiles maker DuraFiber Technology for an undisclosed sum...
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
- US biotech Dermira has agreed to license certain rights from Swiss drugmaker Roche and its subsidiary Genentech for the investigational atopic dermatitis drug, lebrikizumab. The...
16.08.2017
- French industrial gases group Air Liquide has signed an agreement with Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) to build a 500,000 t/y methanol-to-propylene (MTP) plant. Talks...
15.08.2017
- New York-based private equity group Arsenal Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cyalume Technologies Holdings for $45 million in cash. Headquartered in...
14.08.2017
- US engineering contractor CB&I is putting its technology business up for sale as it struggles with falling revenues. The Texas-headquartered group reported a second-quarter loss of...
