15.02.2012
- Chemical maker DuPont has started the auction of its car paint business, which could bring in more than $4 billion and has drawn early interest from a number of private equity...
09.02.2012
- Mexican plastic pipe maker Mexichem will buy Dutch peer Wavin for €531 million after raising its offer a third time, gaining a foothold in Europe where it plans to expand through...
30.01.2012
- Swiss engineering group ABB has agreed to buy U.S. electrical components maker Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion to ramp up its presence in the world's largest market for low-voltage...
30.01.2012
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said on Monday it has withdrawn its sweetened takeover bid for ISTA Pharmaceuticals, citing a lack of progress. "We were not interested in...
27.01.2012
- Eastman Chemical said it would buy specialty chemical maker Solutia for about $3.38 billion in cash and stock to expand in Asia Pacific. Solutia stockholders would receive $22 in...
24.01.2012
- Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has acquired AppliChem, a German based chemical company with particular focus on fine chemicals and biochemical products for laboratory, pharmaceutical...
10.01.2012
- Linde is acquiring the European homecare business of U.S. rival Air Products and Products in a $750 million deal that will thrust the German industrial gases maker into No.2...
09.01.2012
- Chinese fertilizer producer Sinofert Holdings said on Monday that it will buy a phosphate mining company for 1.38 billion yuan ($218.72 million), looking to tap abundant phosphate...
