27.06.2017
- Israel Chemicals (ICL) is seeking to sell subsidiaries and assets with low synergies, which could be worth more than $500 million, Reuters news agency has reported. Speaking at an...
27.06.2017
- The board of directors at Brazilian petrochemicals producer Braskem has formally approved the construction of a 450,000 t/y polypropylene (PP) plant at its site in LaPorte, near...
26.06.2017
- US specialty polymer firms Polytek Development Corp. and California Medical Innovations (CMI) are to merge their businesses. The combined company will be led by Polytek CEO...
26.06.2017
- CB&I has won a contract worth around $40 million to expand ethylene capacity at DuPont’s Sabine River Works in Orange, Texas, USA. The US contractor will provide engineering...
22.06.2017
- Leading international companies including ExxonMobil, Total, BP, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble among others, have joined a US campaign against climate change that was...
22.06.2017
- German industrial gases and engineering firm Linde and China’s state-owned group Sinopec have formed a €145 million joint venture, the sixth between the two companies to date...
22.06.2017
- Finnish manufacturer Tikkurila is planning to invest in another paints plant in Russia in order to strengthen its position in the local market. The Vantaa-headquartered group has...
22.06.2017
- US drug development company Parexel International is being acquired by private equity group Pamplona Capital Management in a deal valued at approximately $5 billion, including debt...
