29.10.2018
- Strong demand for high-performance sealing applications has prompted Belgium’s Solvay to expand capacity of its Tecnoflon fluoroelastomers in Changshu, China, and Spinetta Marengo...
18.10.2018
- BASF has offered concessions to address European Commission’s concerns about the effect of its planned acquisition of Solvay’s global integrated polyamide (PA) business on...
16.10.2018
- Solvay has appointed Ilham Kadri as its new CEO, effective from Mar. 1, 2019. Kadri, who is presently CEO and president of US hygiene technology and services company Diversey, will...
28.06.2018
- The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into BASF’s proposed purchase of Solvay’s nylon (polyamide) business, saying the deal could reduce competition and lead...
17.04.2018
- For the global specialty chemicals sector, the past two years have been among the most exciting of the young millennium. Many mergers and acquisitions were in the spotlight in 2017...
05.04.2018
- Solvay is taking new steps to simplify its organization and enhance long-term growth as it transitions to an advanced materials and specialty chemicals company. “Over the past six...
28.03.2018
- Solvay Specialty Polymers has agreed to sell its hydrofluoric acid plant at Porto Marghera, Italy, to Alkeemia, part of the Fluorsid Group. Solvay uses the hydrofluoric acid as a...
28.02.2018
- ChemSpec Europe 2018: The Fine and Specialty Chemicals exhibition, taking place 20 – 21 June 2018 at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, is known for being a key marketplace for...
