16.09.2016
- Leading Japanese companies Kuraray and Sumitomo have signed a heads of agreement with Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) to move ahead with plans to build an engineering...
12.08.2016
- Japanese firms Sumitomo Chemical and Zeon Corporation have agreed to study a possible consolidation of their solution styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) businesses. While this...
05.07.2016
- Monsanto and Sumitomo Chemical have signed a new global agreement focused on next-generation solutions for weed control. The deal builds on an existing collaboration the companies...
12.01.2016
- A consortium of investors surrounding China National Chemical Corp, also known as ChemChina – China's biggest chemical producer and rival to Monsanto in the race to swallow up...
05.12.2014
- Sumitomo Chemical has acquired the DuPont's Asana Insecticide business in the US. The product in future will be distributed through Valent U.S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of the...
28.05.2014
- US styrenics producer Styron, alternately known as Trinseo, has said it plans to close its only North American polycarbonate plant, at Freeport, Texas, by the end of 2014 and exit...
26.06.2012
- South Korean group GS Engineering & Construction and Italy's Saipem have won deals to expand a petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia for oil giant Saudi Aramco and Japan's Sumitomo...
20.06.2011
- Sumitomo, Japan's third-biggest trading house, said on Friday that it would close a delayed $130 million rare-earth financing arrangement with U.S. miner Molycorp once it has...