10.04.2017
- International Process Plants has entered an alliance with ChemChina’s Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery Co (BCMC) to supply new chlor-alkali plants that have been designed and...
07.04.2017
- US chemicals and fluids companies Quaker Chemical and Houghton International are to merge, creating a world leader in the metalworking and primary metals industries. Under a...
07.04.2017
- Japan’s Astellas Pharma has agreed to buy privately held Belgian drug developer Ogeda in a transaction worth up to €800 million. The acquisition expands the Tokyo-headquartered...
06.04.2017
- US engineering contractor CB&I has signed a strategic alliance with Jinzhou Port Co. (Jingang) to become the master licensor for an integrated refining and petrochemicals project...
06.04.2017
- A joint venture between BP and DuPont has acquired US biofuels company Nesika Energy for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes Nesika’s ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas, USA...
05.04.2017
- German chemical company Evonik is collaborating with Thailand’s Rajburi Sugar to produce sugar substitute isomalt. The partners have opened a demonstration plant at Ratchaburi...
05.04.2017
- The world’s first plant that converts coal into ethanol has started production in China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced. The facility in Liaoning province began...
04.04.2017
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has entered a collaboration agreement with UK drug development company Avillion to develop its anti IL-17 A/F Nanobody as a treatment for plaque psoriasis, a...