08.03.2017
- ChemChina confirmed on Mar. 6 that the government in Beijing has accepted its application for regulatory approval of the company’s planned $43 billion takeover of Swiss...
07.03.2017
- Chinese as well as Indian companies are eyeing joint ventures in chemical production in Pakistan, according to reports from a meeting between representatives of the three countries...
04.07.2016
- French-based specialty chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has taken full control of its Chinese joint venture Sichuan HuaFaMei Enterprise Co. Ltd. (China) after acquiring a 50%...
02.05.2016
- Wacker Chemie has agreed to extend its polysilicon price agreement with China as the country’s Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) announces a review of its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy...
04.04.2016
- Alliances between big pharma and scientists, hospitals and biotech firms are common practice in the health-care business. About half of today’s top-selling drugs are the result of...
16.11.2015
- Germany’s Lanxess has agreed to form a 50:50 marketing and joint venture with China’s Chongqing Changshou Chemical to exclusively handle Chinese distribution of chloroprene rubber...
22.08.2011
- First Step - Acquisitions are nothing unusual for multinationals in the chemical industry, but AkzoNobel's recent purchase of China's Boxing Oleochemicals (pronounced Bo-sching)...
