27.04.2016
- Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to buy Mexican fine chemicals producer Viakem for an undisclosed sum. Family-owned Viakem is Latin America’s sole custom and...
26.04.2016
- German chemical producer Lanxess has agreed to buy the Clean and Disinfect business of US-based Chemours for €210 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half...
26.04.2016
- Bostik, the specialty adhesives business of France’s Arkema, has expanded its production of cementitious powder in the Philippines. The plant in Misamis Oriental will supply...
25.04.2016
- Solvay plans to build additional capacity for hydroquinone (HQ) in China to go on stream in 2018. The investment is being made by its aroma performance global business unit which...
25.04.2016
- US chemical producer W. R. Grace has agreed to acquire the assets of BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes technologies, patents...
22.04.2016
- US drugmaker Merck has gained Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Keytruda to treat patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma...
22.04.2016
- Valtris Specialty Chemicals, a portfolio company of private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has acquired specialty chemicals company Akcros Holdings. Financial terms were not disclosed...
21.04.2016
- BASF has signed an agreement to buy the assets of Guangdong Yinfan Chemistry Co. Ltd, a Chinese company that specializes in automotive refinish coatings. The deal gives BASF access...
