04.08.2016
- Mexican chemical company Alpek is in exclusive talks with Brazil’s Petrobras to buy the Brazilian group’s stakes in Companhia Petroquímica de Pernambuco (Petroquímica Suape) and...
03.08.2016
- UK performance and specialty chemicals company Thomas Swan has partnered with the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester, UK, to accelerate research and...
03.08.2016
- Ineos Enterprises, a portfolio unit of the Swiss-based chemical group, has purchased Calabrian Holdings from private equity firm SK Capital at the end of July for an undisclosed...
02.08.2016
- Continuing its exit from the European chloralkali industry, Solvay has agreed to sell its chlorine and peroxide derivatives site at Bussi sul Tirino, Italy, to Caffaro for an...
02.08.2016
- UK drugmaker Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) is teaming up with Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences) to create a new company focused on developing bioelectronic medicines...
01.08.2016
- As it continues to beef up its carbon fibers business, Japan’s Mitsui & Co. has taken an equity stake in Forward Engineering, a German company specializing in the design and...
01.08.2016
- LyondellBasell is to go ahead with plans to build an HDPE plant on the US Gulf Coast based on its newly developed proprietary Hyperzone technology. CEO Bob Patel revealed during a...
01.08.2016
- Following a business review, US technology and specialty materials company Celanese has decided to stop production, storage and distribution of monomethylamine (MMA) at Cangrejera...
