Keyword: Fine Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals

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Bain Capital Exits IMCD

23.03.2016 - US private equity firm Bain Capital has sold its remaining 7.9% stake in Netherlands-based specialty chemicals distributor IMCD. Bain placed 4.2 million shares, priced at €31.25...

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Specialty Chemicals Distributor Safic-Alcan Reorganizes Executive Management

22.03.2016 - Safic-Alcan, an international distributor of specialty chemicals, has reorganized its management, effective February 1st. 2016. Philippe Combette has been appointed CEO. In this...

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Omya Opens Laboratory in Switzerland

21.03.2016 - Swiss specialty chemicals producer and distributor Omya has opened a new pharmaceutical and nutraceutical laboratory at its headquarters in Oftringen, gaining the capability to...

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Dottikon Boosts Swiss API Capacities

15.03.2016 - Swiss fine chemical company Dottikon is investing more than 100 million Swiss francs ($101 million) at its site in Aargau to add chemical process development and production...

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Evonik’s Acrylics Unit Sale May Have Stalled

08.03.2016 - Plans by German specialty chemicals producer Evonik to divest its acrylics business and diversify into higher value-added products appear to have stalled. According to reports, the...

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Evonik Expands Austrian Membranes Capacity

07.03.2016 - Strong growth opportunities in the gas separation business have spurred Evonik to expand capacity for its Sepuran brand hollow-fiber membranes in Austria. The German specialty...

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ICIG to Take Sandoz’ Frankfurt Base

25.02.2016 - In a transaction expected to close on Apr.1, Frankfurt, Germany-based private equity company International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has agreed with Swiss pharmaceutical...

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Perstorp Signs MoU for Indian Pentaerythritol Plant

23.02.2016 - Swedish specialty chemicals company Perstorp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Maharashtra Industrial Development Corp. (MIDC) as part of the country’s...