25.02.2015
- Solvay has announced plans for a new US plant to produce its high-end KetaSpire-brand PEEK (polyether etherketone) resins, significantly expanding capacity for neat resin by 2,500...
03.02.2015
- Subject to regulatory clearance in Germany and Austria, Solvay has agreed to sell its refrigerant and pharma propellants businesses based at Frankfurt, Germany, to Daikin of Japan...
17.01.2015
- As the UK government's push to repeat the US shale gas boom on its own soil moved up a notch in late 2014 with the sale of exploration licenses, Ineos revealed plans to expand...
17.01.2015
- With prices for crude oil now below $60 a barrel, analysts are questioning the viability of many shale projects. But while the breathtaking price plunge may have Saudi sheiks and...
08.01.2015
- With effect from Jan. 1, Solvay completed the acquisition of the polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) business of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company for $220 million. The buy includes two...
04.12.2014
- Solvay has announced a 25% expansion of capacity for polyaryletherketone resin, the base material for its ultra-high performance KetaSpire (PEEK) and AvaSpir (PAEK) polymers, at...
16.11.2014
- Solvay is said to be exploring the sale of its €1.4 billion acetate tow business. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the news agency Bloomberg said the Belgian chemical...
14.11.2014
- Solvay said it is "awaiting details" of a Nov. 13 decision by the Brazilian competition authority CADE not to allow the planned sale of its 70.59% majority stake in Solvay Indupa...
