04.09.2015
- Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...
04.08.2015
- International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has completed its acquisition of the chlorvinyls assets divested by new European PVC market leader INOVYN. The new PVC joint venture...
04.08.2015
- As the European PVC production sector goes through a spell of “shape-shifting,” the prospects for France’s ailing Kem One are looking up. Following the merger of the Solvay and...
03.08.2015
- The Special Chem global business unit of Belgian chemical group Solvay has joined forces with an unnamed partner – described as “one of the world’s leading electronics producers” –...
31.07.2015
- With its agreement to acquire all shares of US-based Cytec for $5.5 billion in cash, unanimously recommended by both companies’ boards, Solvay is moving with full force into the...
29.07.2015
- As part of the ongoing strategic expansion of its site at Changshu in China’s Jiangsu Province Solvay Specialty Polymers has started up a new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant. The...
21.07.2015
- Private equity investor OpenGate Capital has received the EU green light for its planned takeover of Kem One Innovative Vinyls, the plastics processing side of the former Arkema...
02.07.2015
- Umicore and Solvay completed the sales of their respective 50% stakes in the joint venture SolviCore to Japanese chemical producer Toray on Jul. 1. The company will continue to be...
