14.12.2016
- The supervisory board of Austria’s Lenzing has approved plans to build a Tencel fiber plant in the US. The news follows two previously announced expansion projects as the group...
14.12.2016
- Japanese coatings company Kansai Paint has boosted its presence in Europe with the purchase of Slovenia’s Helios Coatings Group. The two companies signed a share purchase agreement...
13.12.2016
- French engineering contractor Technip has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with US-based technology start-up Chemetry. The deal relates to Chemetry’s eShuttle process for...
13.12.2016
- US producer Eastman Chemical has reached agreement for its wholly owned subsidiary Taminco BVBA to take over the 50% share in China’s Te An Ling Tian Fine Chemical (TALT), its...
12.12.2016
- Continued slow growth in global demand has prompted US coatings specialist PPG Industries to undertake global restructuring in a bid to save around $125 million a year. The board...
12.12.2016
- Dutch paints, coatings and specialty chemicals producer AkzoNobel has agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture with Indian chemicals manufacturer Atul for the production of...
09.12.2016
- US industrial bioscience company Amyris has agreed a multi-year extension to its farnesene collaboration with long-term partner Kuraray. The agreement relates to the use of Amyris...
09.12.2016
- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Commission have agreed to start work on the European Union’s Observatory for Nanomaterials (EU-ON), which the Helsinki-based...
