18.03.2016
- Air Products & Chemicals is in advanced talks to sell its performance materials business to Evonik Industries, news agencies have reported. A deal for the business, called Versum...
14.03.2016
- After overtaking Germany as world’s largest exporter a few years ago, China is now moving closer to the US as a major participant in global M&A, says a new report from business...
11.03.2016
- As mooted earlier in the week, the European Commission (EC) has given its approval for Israel-based Teva’s planned $40.5 billion acquisition of the generics arm of Ireland...
26.02.2016
- Swedish drug developer and toll manufacturer Recipharm has acquired Italian contract company Mitim for €68 million. The acquisition of the family-owned firm, which is located in...
18.02.2016
- BASF has accepted AkzoNobel’s offer of €475 million for the German chemical giant’s industrial coatings business. The two companies said they plan to finalize and sign the required...
16.02.2016
- As it finally completed the £36 billion ($53 billion) mega merger with BG Group on Feb. 15, multinational oil and petrochemicals group Shell was still struggling with the logistics...
04.02.2016
- US specialty polymers company PolyOne has bought certain thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) technologies and assets from Kraton Performance Polymers for $72 million. The two companies...
04.02.2016
- In a call with analysts to discuss 2015 earnings, Andrew Liveris, president and CEO of Dow Chemical and designated executive chairman of the future DowDuPont, announced plans to...
