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Gurit Takes BASF’s Italian PET Assets

05.12.2016 - Swiss composites producer Gurit has acquired BASF’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) structural foam business for an undisclosed sum. The transaction comprises the German group’s...

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CCI clears Tata-Yara Fertilizer Deal

29.11.2016 - India’s Competition Commission has approved plans by the Indian subsidiary of Norway-based Yara Fertilisers to acquire the urea and customized fertilizers business of Tata...

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Pfizer May Sell Consumer Drug Arm

11.11.2016 - US drug major Pfizer is looking at divesting its $3.5 billion consumer health unit to free up $14 billion in cash, the news agency Reuters has reported, quoting anonymous sources...

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Covestro Doubles PC Capacity in Shanghai

24.10.2016 - With the inauguration of two world-scale production lines, Covestro has doubled production capacity for the engineering plastic polycarbonate from 200,000 to 400,000 t/y at its...

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US Business Sues Government Over Inversion Ban

09.08.2016 - In a lawsuit filed in a Texas district court, the US Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Association of Business are challenging the implementation by the national tax authority...

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ChemChina in Talks to Buy SGL Business

06.06.2016 - ChemChina is interested in buying Germany’s SGL Carbon, which has just completed a carve-out of its Performance Products business unit. According to Germany’s Manager Magazin...

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Leadership Team Named for Pfizer-Allergan

12.02.2016 - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has unveiled the executive leadership team foreseen for its envisaged $160 million merger with Allergan and the move of the company’s official...

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Novozymes Separates Biopharma Activities

20.01.2016 - Danish biotechnology company Novozymes has separated its biopharma activities into an independent company called Albumedix. The new company will be headquartered in Lyngby, Denmark...