31.05.2011
- Ashland has agreed to acquire privately owned International Specialty Products (ISP), a global specialty chemical manufacturer of innovative functional ingredients and technologies...
30.05.2011
- BASF and INEOS have signed a joint venture contract, regulating the formation of the company Styrolution. The establishment of the joint venture is subject to approval by the...
26.05.2011
- Mosaic has completed its recapitalization and split-off from agribusiness giant Cargill. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, it said Cargill had...
23.05.2011
- Chinese state-owned oil and chemicals company Sinochem received EU regulatory approval on Thursday for its purchase of a 50% stake in Dutch chemicals firm DSM's anti-infectives...
23.05.2011
- Laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc agreed to acquire private-equity owned Phadia, maker of allergy and autoimmune tests, for about $3.5 billion to expand in...
19.05.2011
- Chemical maker Ashland raised its quarterly dividend to 17.5 cents a share - up 17% from its prior payout rate. Last month, the company had posted higher-than-expected second...
19.05.2011
- Bidders emerged for allergy-testing company Phadia and diagnostic test-maker Gen-Probe, according to The Wall Street Journal. Laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific...
18.05.2011
- The world's top chemicals distributors, including Germany's Brenntag, are circling Belgium-based Azelis, three people familiar with the matter said. Rival chemicals distributors...