16.08.2016
- South African PP and HDPE producer Safripol has been acquired by KAP Industrial Holdings for just over 4 billion Rand, about $310 million. Headquartered in Stellenbosch, South...
16.08.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals and biotechnology company Lonza has agreed to pay up to $300 million for InterHealth Nutraceuticals, a US-based developer and manufacturer of nutritional...
14.08.2016
- Switzerland’s Firmenich has opened a flavors facility in Lagos, Nigeria, to boost its product development in the region. The center, which includes laboratories for sweet goods...
14.08.2016
- UK specialty chemical and technology company Johnson Matthey has signed a patent license agreement with 3M to further expand the use of nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode...
14.08.2016
- AstraZeneca has invested another $140 million in US biotech concern Moderna Therapeutics. The new investment is part of a preferred-stock financing and lifts its stake in Moderna...
12.08.2016
- Norwegian fertilizer group Yara International has agreed to buy Tata Chemicals’ urea plant and distribution business in Babrala, Uttar Pradesh, India, for $400 million. “Our growth...
12.08.2016
- Japanese firms Sumitomo Chemical and Zeon Corporation have agreed to study a possible consolidation of their solution styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) businesses. While this...
11.08.2016
- Trinseo, formerly known as Styron, has agreed to sells its Brazilian latex binders and compounded PP businesses to Qoppar Participacoes, a holding company that manages industrial...
