01.02.2019
- Platform Specialty Products has announced a shake-up of its management team in advance of its relaunch as electronic and specialty chemicals company Element Solutions. The relaunch...
31.01.2019
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sold stakes in its refining business of 20% and 15% respectively to Italy’s Eni and Austria’s OMV. In addition, the three companies will...
30.01.2019
- US companies Entegris and Versum Materials are combining in a “merger of equals”, creating a $9 billion specialty materials company for the semiconductor and other high-tech...
30.01.2019
- US contractor McDermott International has won what it terms a “sizeable” technology contract from Chandra Asri Perkasa (CAP) for the detailed engineering of eight proprietary...
29.01.2019
- Celanese is proposing to build an 800,000 t/y acetic acid plant at its Clear Lake site in Pasadena, Texas, USA. The facility, which would cost around $425 million, would be...
29.01.2019
- Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will license its continuous initiator dosing (CiD) technology to Karpatnaftochim, Ukraine’s largest PVC producer. The Dutch group...
28.01.2019
- US specialty chemicals company Ashland has reached agreement with hedge fund Cruiser Capital, ending a proxy battle. The New York-based investment fund has been pushing Ashland’s...
28.01.2019
- French industrial gases group Air Liquide has paid $20.5 million to buy an 18.6% stake in Hydrogenics, a Canadian manufacturer of electrolysis hydrogen production equipment and...
