01.04.2016
- Netherlands-based IMCD has been chosen by Solvay Specialty Polymers to distribute its Fomblin perfluoropolyether (PFPE) lubrication grades in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The...
17.03.2016
- Solvay has announced it will quit the Inovyn chlorvinyls joint venture with Ineos in the second half of 2015, more than two years earlier than anticipated, giving its Swiss-based...
29.01.2016
- US chemicals and plastics producer Celanese continues to expand its plastics portfolio through compounding of in-sourced polymer. In its latest move, the company said it will add...
13.01.2016
- Italian performance additives producer Italmatch Chemicals has agreed to buy Solvay’s desalination and phosphonates and phosphonic acid-based water additives business. Financial...
13.01.2016
- Solvay has hired investment banker Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for the polyamide business it picked up for the most part with the acquisition of Rhodia in 2011, the Belgian...
11.01.2016
- A change in management at Europe’s Chemical Industry Council, CEFIC, will take place on May 1, 2016, when Marco Mensink steps in as director general succeeding Hubert Mandery, who...
16.12.2015
- Inovyn, the 50:50 chlorvinyls joint venture of Ineos and Solvay, will shut its chloromethane plant in Runcorn, UK, from Mar. 1 2016 as it has decided to consolidate production at...
10.12.2015
- Solvay has become the world’s second largest player in composite materials for aerospace following the completion of its purchase of Cytec. CEO Pierre Clamadieu said Solvay will...