03.02.2019
- Japan’s Hitachi Chemical is buying Apceth Biopharma, a German contract manufacturer of complex cell-based and gene-therapy products, for €75.5 million. The acquisition is expected...
23.08.2018
- Having agreed certain concessions, including a divestment, to appease EU regulators, Tronox has finally secured approval from the European Commission for its acquisition of Cristal...
23.08.2018
- LyondellBasell has completed its $2.2 billion acquisition of plastics compounder A. Schulman, doubling the size of its plastics compounding business and widening its portfolio to...
22.08.2018
- As expected, the European Commission has put its seal of approval on the proposed merger of leading industrial gases producers Linde of Germany and Praxair. The green light came...
22.08.2018
- Danish technology and catalysis group Haldor Topsoe has bought out partner Ferrostaal’s 50% stake in their Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects joint venture, gaining full control. Financial...
27.07.2018
- US energy services company Halliburton has acquired Athlon Solutions for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives Halliburton its first chemical manufacturing plant with full reaction...
27.07.2018
- Plans by Saudi Arabian petrochemicals giant SABIC to acquire a nearly 25% stake in Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant are being held up by outstanding antitrust approvals...
25.07.2018
- US specialty chemicals company Platform Specialty Products has signed an agreement to sell its Agricultural Solutions business, comprising Arysta LifeScience and its subsidiaries...