28.06.2016
- Russian oil company Rosneft has signed separate deals with Chinese organisations Sinopec and ChemChina for two petrochemical projects in Russia. The agreements were announced on...
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...
17.05.2016
- ChemChina has extended its $43 billion offer for Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta by more than a month as it waits for regulatory approval. The main offer period has been...
09.05.2016
- Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta has named J. Erik Fyrwald, currently president and CEO of US chemical distributor Univar, to head the company from Jun. 1, 2016. Fyrwald succeeds...
07.04.2016
- Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta has sought to assure US lawmakers critical of the company’s planned $43 billion takeover by ChemChina that the deal poses no food safety or...
04.04.2016
- Until recently, few outsiders would have called the agricultural chemicals sector exciting. It’s hard to imagine, for example, a thriller or torrid love story or even a poem set in...
23.03.2016
- Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta, currently in the throes of being acquired by ChemChina for $43 billion, may soon have a new chief executive. That is, if none of the currently...
22.03.2016
- The frenzy in the global agrochemicals market is showing no signs of tapering off anytime soon. Where activity once was focused on sow and spray, it’s now buy and sell. The latest...
