11.12.2015
- Brenntag has agreed to purchase South African specialty distributor Plastichem for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives Brenntag a key position in the polymers industries in South...
11.12.2015
- Swiss specialty chemical company Clariant plans to invest $10 million in a healthcare packaging plant in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. The facility will manufacture Clariant’s...
10.12.2015
- Solvay has become the world’s second largest player in composite materials for aerospace following the completion of its purchase of Cytec. CEO Pierre Clamadieu said Solvay will...
10.12.2015
- BASF has signed a three-year collaboration deal with Israeli plant technology company Evogene to discover and develop novel herbicides. Evogene will use its computational biology...
09.12.2015
- Roche and SQZ Biotech are working together to develop a cell therapy platform that would empower patients’ own immune cells to fight a broad range of cancers. SQZ’s pioneering...
09.12.2015
- Czech petrochemical producer Unipetrol has awarded contracts to Linde and Technip to reconstruct its ethylene cracker at the Zaluzi site in Litvinov. The unit was severely damaged...
08.12.2015
- Japanese firms Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. (TNSC) plan to jointly market a dehydration system for bioethanol production processes in the US. The...
07.12.2015
- The European Commission has approved Solvay’s proposed acquisition of Cytec Industries on the condition that the Belgian chemical producer divests its activities in phosphor-based...
