02.03.2018
- Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC) has successfully built its first chlor-alkali electrolysis plant in Germany. Until now, clients and jobsites of the Saxon plant manufacturer have...
21.02.2018
- A consortium that comprises AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, industrial gases group Air Liquide, Canadian cleantech company Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam has signed an agreement...
13.02.2018
- Interest in acquiring the Specialty Chemicals business Dutch coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel has put up for sale is shaping up to be more substantial than the company may have...
15.01.2018
- AkzoNobel is negotiating with three or four potential buyers of its Specialty Chemicals division, according to media reports. Last month, shareholders approved the proposed...
09.01.2018
- China continued to draw in investors. ExxonMobil Chemical signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement and an MoU with authorities in Huizhou to jointly evaluate plans for a...
08.01.2018
- The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...
08.01.2018
- On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...
08.01.2018
- The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...