Fine Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals

Back in the Game

Clariant Begins Ethoxylation Expansion

AkzoNobel CompletesSale of Primary Amides to PMC

Merck posts offer to acquire AZ Electronic Materials

Evonik to start up large-scale production facilities in 2014

Ineos to acquire Sasol’s German based European Solvent Business

Germany’s Allessa to Cut a Third of the Workforce

Merck KGaA Offers $2.6 Billion for AZ Electronic Materials

Johnson Matthey Climbs On Higher Car, Truck Production

Lanxess Starts Up Expanded Cresol Plant at Leverkusen

Lanxess Narrows 2013 Guidance After Weak Q3

Double Risk with an Upgrade

A Shaky Platform?

Chemtura to Sell Consumer Products Business to KIK

Clariant Moves on Flame Retardant Patent Infringement

Clariant to Sell Detergents & Intermediates Business to ICIG

Jarden’s Founder to Buy Chemical Maker Macdermid For $1.8 Billion

Archroma Begins New Era in Delivering Color And Specialty Chemicals

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie to Represent DIC Performance Resins

Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS and Alfa Laval Cooperate in Millireactor Technology

The Art of Adding Value

Saltigo to Relocate Corporate HQ to Leverkusen

In a reshuffle of corporate functions following the relocation of group headquarters from Leverkusen, Germany, to Cologne, Germany, Lanxess is moving the headquarters of fine chemicals subsidiary Saltigo from Langenfeld, Germany, into its recently vacated Leverkusen premises.

Korea’s Songwon is Now World’s Number Two Polymer Stabilizers Producer

EU Chemicals Output Down 2.5% in First 4 Months of 2013

Getting The Pulse

The Lion City - The Merlion - a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish - is regarded as the Singapore icon ("Singapura" means "lion city" in Sanskrit). As one of the world's leading energy and chemical hubs, Singapore's contribution to the chemical industry is vast, both in terms of output and research.

Styron Appoints Velox as European Distributor for Medical Industry

Novasep Appoints Udo Steinhauer as Fine Chemicals Market Director

New Approach to Sustainable Innovation

Saltigo to Actively Develop Attractive Lines of Business

"In the future we will be even better positioned to serve our customers as their partner of choice," says Wolfgang Schmitz, Managing Director of Saltigo, in the run-up to this year's Chemspec Europe tradeshow.

Chemspec Europe 2013 Billed to be Largest Ever

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Announces First Quarter 2013 Results

Clariant, SK Capital Report on Progress of the Textile, Paper and Emulsions Activities Divestment

Rockwood Attracts Private Equity Bids for CeramTec

Evonik Shares Gain in Market Debut

Clariant Invests for Asian Pigments Customers