Keyword: Elaine Burridge

News

Hexpol Buys Italy’s Mesgo Group

10.10.2018 - Swedish compounder Hexpol has acquired an 80% stake in Italy’s Mesgo Group for €168 million, making a strategic move into the high-performance elastomers market. Mesgo specializes...

News

Yara Gains Control of Galvani in Brazil

10.10.2018 - Norway’s Yara has gained full control of Brazilian fertilizer company, Galvani Industria, Comercio e Servicos, buying out partner the Galvani family. The Oslo-based chemicals and...

News

Activist Investor Trian Targets PPG

10.10.2018 - US investment group Trian Fund Management has revealed in a recent regulatory filing that it has a 2.9% stake in paintmaker PPG Industries. In the filing, Trian said it owns...

News

Univar Wins Distribution Deals

10.10.2018 - Leading distributor Univar, currently merging with US rival Nexeo Solutions, has been chosen by Braskem to distribute the Brazilian petrochemical group’s polyisobutylenes (PIBs) in...

News

GSK Helps Launch New UK Biopharma Sitryx

10.10.2018 - With the help of major UK pharma GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), new biopharma Sitryx has launched operations with funding of $30 million to develop disease-modifying therapeutics in...

News

Covestro Invests €1.5 Billion in US MDI Plant

10.10.2018 - Covestro has announced its intention to spend €1.5 billion on a new world-scale MDI plant in Baytown, USA. The project represents the largest single investment in its history, the...

News

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals Relaunched as Nouryon

09.10.2018 - AkzoNobel's former Specialty Chemicals business has been relaunched as Nouryon. The move follows its acquisition by Carlyle and GIC, which closed on Oct. 1. “We are starting from a...

News

AkzoNobel Hands Back €5.5 Billion to Investors

08.10.2018 - Dutch paints and coatings company AkzoNobel has announced it will pay out an additional €5.5 billion to shareholders following the €10.1 billion sale of its Specialty Chemicals...