Keyword: Fine Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals

Strategy & Management

Emerging Strategic Impact of Batch Analytics

03.04.2018 - Recent significant investments by big chemical companies in a strong specialty chemicals portfolio indicate that the importance of these products and therefore of batch production...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Helping Customers Meet Market Requirements

02.04.2018 - In the past decade, specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has transformed from a decentralized European business into an integrated group with a turnover of €1.8 billion and...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Kolb Completes Acquisition of Elementis Specialties Netherlands

02.04.2018 - Kolb Distribution, wholly owned subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), completed the acquisition of Elementis Specialties Netherlands (ESN), located in Delden, the...

Strategy & Management

China’s Anti-pollution Clampdown

30.03.2018 - Since late 2016, the Chinese government has conducted a series of environmental inspections of production companies. These inspections have typically led to short-term closures of...

Strategy & Management

Biotechnology Is about to Change Our Lives

30.03.2018 - Biotechnology encompasses a broad range of technologies that employ living organisms or parts of them to make diverse products. For example, drugs and therapeutics, nutritional...

News

AkzoNobel Sells Specialty Chemicals to Carlyle

27.03.2018 - AkzoNobel has sold its Specialty Chemicals business to private equity investor Carlyle in partnership with GIC, the largest of Singapore’s sovereign wealth funds, for an enterprise...

News

Dutch Fund Joins Apollo in Akzo Specialties bid

13.02.2018 - Interest in acquiring the Specialty Chemicals business Dutch coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel has put up for sale is shaping up to be more substantial than the company may have...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Vertellus Relocates Mumbai Office to Accommodate Growth

06.02.2018 - Vertellus, a global specialty chemical provider, has relocated its Mumbai, India, office to a larger commercial space within the city. The inauguration ceremony for the new site...