09.03.2010
- LyondellBasell filed a restructuring plan on Monday, rejecting a takeover bid from India's Reliance Industries that valued the bankrupt petrochemicals firm at $14.5 billion. As...
08.03.2010
- No one can say that the chemical industry has not understood importance of sustainability - but which company was first? A good bet would be on Eastman Chemical Company, a company...
08.03.2010
- Changing Times - For more than 50 years, animals have been used as human surrogates in studies designed to evaluate the safety of new drugs, chemicals, and personal care products...
08.03.2010
- Optimization About a year and a half ago, Saltigo, the globally active custom synthesis business of Germany-based specialty chemicals group Lanxess, launched the "Saltigo Way...
05.03.2010
- Global pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck KGaA headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, will acquire Millipore Corporation, a leading Life Science company based in Billerica, U...
02.03.2010
- The Graduate has one of the most memorable lines in movie history. "There's a great future in plastics," the protagonist Ben is advised, and it's a piece of advice that turned out...
02.03.2010
- Merck KGaA's agreed $6 billion cash purchase of U.S. biotech tool maker Millipore buoyed the German drugmaker's share on Monday as it diversified away from its embattled...
02.03.2010
- Indian energy major Reliance Industries is likely to turn its attention to other acquisition opportunities if its bid for LyondellBasell, valuing the bankrupt firm at $14.5 billion...
18.02.2010
- Actavis will forgo backing from Swedish buyout firm EQT as it prepares to square off against larger peer Teva in the bidding for generic drug maker Ratiopharm, several people...
17.02.2010
- The economic recession restrained growth in the western European industry market, which was already reaching maturity. The subsequent transition of the manufacturing base to low...
