28.07.2017
- Clariant may be willing to divest 25% of its portfolio, including its Pigments and Masterbatches businesses, following the planned $20 billion merger with US family-owned chemical...
27.07.2017
- Venator Materials, the spin-off of US chemical producer Huntsman specialized in titanium dioxide (TiO2), pigments and additives, has kicked off its planned initial public offering...
29.06.2017
- In a two-step transaction, internationally active German chemical distributor Brenntag plans to acquire all of the shares in specialty chemical distributor Wellstar Enterprises...
10.04.2017
- BASF has agreed to sell its Bleaching Clay and Mineral Adsorbents businesses to EP Minerals for an undisclosed sum. The deal’s closing is expected for the third quarter, following...
04.04.2017
- Germany’s Lanxess is expanding its global production of synthetic iron oxide pigments in order to keep up with increasing demand, particularly in the paints and coatings industry...
06.03.2017
- Major US chemicals distributor Nexeo Solutions has agreed with K.D. Feddersen – a German-based engineering thermoplastics distributor – to acquire inventory and service customers...
19.01.2017
- US chemical producer Huntsman has reconsidered and decided to exclude the textile effects business from the proposed spin-off of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) division. Last August...
18.10.2016
- US performance materials company Ferro has expanded its pigments business with two acquisitions at a cost of around $60 million. A definitive agreement has been made with Belgium’s...
