03.01.2019
- Neste has taken a final investment decision to add capacity for renewable products at its plant in Singapore. The Finnish group said the go-ahead is based on growing global demand...
21.12.2018
- Following a licensing deal agreed in February 2018 between BP and SOCAR Turkey for purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology, the two companies have now signed a heads of...
19.12.2018
- Merck & Co has agreed to acquire French animal health company Antelliq for a cash payment of about €2.1 billion. Upon completion of the deal, expected in the second quarter of 2019...
18.12.2018
- Russian petrochemical and plastics giant Sibur has started building a maleic anhydride (MA) plant at Tobolsk. The 45,000 t/y facility is scheduled to start up in 2021. Technology...
18.12.2018
- Chemical distribution giant Brenntag has agreed to sell its Danish subsidiary Brenntag Biosector to UK specialty chemical company Croda for €72 million. Karsten Beckmann, CEO...
16.12.2018
- PPG has reached a definitive agreement to buy US coatings company Whitford Worldwide for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Elverson, Pennsylvania, privately owned Whitford...
14.12.2018
- US biopharma AVEO Oncology is collaborating with Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca on a combined treatment for liver cancer. The partners will evaluate the safety and efficacy...
14.12.2018
- AkzoNobel has taken full ownership of AkzoNobel Swire Paints (ANSP), its decorative paints joint venture in China with Swire Industrial. The Dutch paints and coatings group has...
