Keyword: Fine Chemicals & Specialty Chemicals
News
15.01.2018
- AkzoNobel is negotiating with three or four potential buyers of its Specialty Chemicals division, according to media reports. Last month, shareholders approved the proposed...
Markets & Companies
08.01.2018
- The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...
Markets & Companies
08.01.2018
- On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...
Markets & Companies
08.01.2018
- The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...
Markets & Companies
08.01.2018
- Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations, and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a...
News
03.01.2018
- AkzoNobel has appointed Renier Vree as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of its Specialty Chemicals business, effective Mar. 1, 2018. Vree has spent the last eight years at Arcadis...
News
15.12.2017
- Kolb Distribution, a subsidiary of KLK Oleo, has entered into an agreement with Elementis to acquire Elementis Specialties Netherlands (ESN). The completion of the sale, which is...
News
12.12.2017
- The Specialty Chemicals business of Dutch coatings specialist AkzoNobel plans to spend more than €4 million to increase production capacity for its patented surface-modified...
