14.10.2010
- The world's largest agrochemicals company Syngenta expects 2011 to be a strong year after its third-quarter 2010 sales beat forecasts as rising crop prices encouraged farmers to...
06.10.2010
- On The Mend — As Europe pulls out of the worst recession in most people's memory, the local plastics industry is taking stock and preparing for the future. K 2010 seems to come at...
29.09.2010
- Benelux chemicals companies Akzo Nobel, DSM and Solvay have renewed their focus on emerging markets, setting new targets to offset expected slower growth in mature markets...
24.08.2010
- Before the economic crisis, raw material prices knew only one direction: upwards. The sky seemed to be the limit. Now the situation has changed. No one seems to know in which...
23.08.2010
- The lack of new information about Sanofi Aventis' reported interest in acquiring Genzyme could mean the two sides have begun talks, according to Sanford Bernstein analyst Geoffrey...
20.08.2010
- BP is in the last stages of killing its ruptured Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, a new set of steps will push the final plugging process into September. Here is how the...
19.08.2010
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she favored the decoupling of gas prices from oil prices, which would promote competition and transparency. Merkel, who is touring...
18.08.2010
- Europe's pharmaceuticals industry, not known for industrial disputes, is experiencing a spate of clashes as employees fight back against cuts in jobs and benefits. Britain's second...
17.08.2010
- Plastics and chemical company LyondellBasell Industries NV, which just emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, posted a second-quarter profit on Monday, sending its stock up nearly 5%...
17.08.2010
- Biotechnology company Genzyme may be holding out for more money from suitor Sanofi-Aventis,but will find it difficult to persuade investors it is better off on its own. France's...
