Keyword: Fine Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals

Strategy & Management

A Growing Chemical Center in Asia

19.11.2014 - As a country with almost no natural resources and limited land space of only 710 km2 (slightly more than three times the size of Frankfurt, Germany), Singapore's chemical industry...

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Platform Specialty Chemicals to Launch IPO

11.11.2014 - With three major acquisitions under its belt this year, Miami, Florida-based Platform Specialty Chemicals has launched a $350 million initial public offering to cover its past...

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Chemtura Board Approves Share Buyback

03.11.2014 - As Chemtura moves toward closing the sale of its AgroSolutions business to U.S.-based Platform Specialty Chemicals for around $1 billion, its board has approved a share buyback...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb and Lonza Extend Biologics Agreement

31.10.2014 - US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb and Swiss fine and specialty chemicals specialist Lonza have announced a multi-year expansion of their existing biologics manufacturing agreement...

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European Chemical Industry: Hope Amid Economic Woes

28.10.2014 - The European chemical industry has reduced its forecast growth in chemicals output in 2014 in the face of evidence of an economic slowdown both in Europe and in the world's fast...

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Chemical Producer Platform to Buy Arysta LifeScienc

21.10.2014 - Specialty chemicals company Platform Specialty Products Corp has signed a "definitive agreement" to buy rival Arysta LifeScience for about $3.51 billion from an unnamed company...

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BASF Selling Textile Chemicals Business to Archroma

17.10.2014 - BASF is selling its textile chemicals business for an undisclosed sum to Archroma, a Reinach, Switzerland-based company owned by private equity investor SK Capital Partners.Still...

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Archroma: Valerie Diele-Braun appointed President Paper Solutions

13.10.2014 - Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, has appointed Valerie Diele-Braun to the post of President Paper Solutions and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). In...