06.02.2019
- Ecolab has announced its intention to spin off its upstream energy businesses into a standalone, public company. The businesses, which have annual sales of around $2.4 billion...
06.11.2017
- As part of its first financial report, the chemical industry’s newest giant, the merged DowDuPont, has announced it has rolled back its timetable for splitting into three...
10.03.2017
- All in one day, Dutch coatings specialist AkzoNobel revealed on Mar. 9 that it had received an unsolicited takeover offer from US rival PPG and was looking at spinning off its...
29.09.2015
- US chemical producer Ashland has announced it will spin off its engine lubricants subsidiary Valvoline in a tax-free transaction to shareholders. The separation is expected to take...
01.06.2015
- An initial public offering of the Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is the most likely option for the Bayer group to separate out the plastics subgroup as it hasn't received any...
22.11.2010
- AstraZeneca confirmed on Friday it was considering spinning off its Astra Tech dental implants and medical devices business and had hired JP Morgan Chase to help with a strategic...