14.01.2015
- Activist investor Nelson Peltz is stepping up his campaign to leave his mark on DuPont, announcing late last week that his Trian Fund Management will propose four candidates -...
08.01.2015
- Shortly before the end of 2014, DuPont and rival US life science group Monsanto agreed to resolve some patent infringement suits against other pending in a St. Louis, Missouri...
01.12.2014
- As part of a program announced in February to save $1 billion annually by 2018, Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta plans to cut or relocate 1,800 jobs to improve its cost base in...
12.11.2014
- DuPont Pioneer, agricultural seed and chemical unit of the US chemical group and one of the world's largest seed companies, is refusing to give up on efforts to cultivate...
07.11.2014
- Momentive Specialty Chemicals has announced plans to build two new world-scale formaldehyde plants with total capacity for more than 400,000 t/y at its Geismar and Luling...
06.10.2014
- At least one soybean exporter in Brazil has agreed with Monsanto to collect royalties from farmers who planted the company's genetically engineered seeds, industry sources have...
24.06.2014
- The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering an emergency request by Texas regulators to allow cotton farmers to deploy a controversial herbicide, marking a new front in...
25.03.2014
- Maize crops engineered to produce insecticidal toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are planted on millions of hectares annually, reducing the use of...
