Keyword: Fine Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals

Strategy & Management

Role Reversal

04.12.2015 - China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...

News

Sigma-Aldrich now Part of Merck KGaA

19.11.2015 - Germany’s Merck KGaA has now completed its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich after clearing all anti-trust hurdles. With the integration of the US fine chemicals producer...

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Huntsman to buy Ampac’s Specialty Chemicals Business

17.11.2015 - Huntsman Family Investments (HFI) has agreed to acquire American Pacific Corp.’s specialty chemicals business from global investment bank H.I.G. Capital, which acquired the company...

Markets & Companies

Biohybrid Chemistry Cluster

28.10.2015 - Since the discovery of large oil reserves in the late 1850s, Ontario’s chemical industry has steadily grown, turning the province into a global hub for the petrochemical industry...

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Azelis to Acquire US distributor KDG

21.10.2015 - In a deal expected to be finalised by the end of the year, Azelis Group has agreed to acquire Koda Distribution Group (KDG). The buy “significantly enhances” Azelis’ position as a...

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Lanxess CEO Says China Concerns Overblown

09.10.2015 - Investor concerns about weakening business in China are overblown, Lanxess CEO Matthias Zachert said in an interview with the news agency Reuters. His assertions echoed recent...

Strategy & Management

Easy Access for Customers

07.10.2015 - In late June, Johnson Matthey announced that it will divest its Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals business to Thermo Fisher Scientific. Following the divestment the company has...

Markets & Companies

A Wasted Chance

07.10.2015 - For many European companies India is foremost an outlet market. As a buying market the chemical market in India is still underrated. Especially in the area of chemical semi...