27.04.2017
- Chinese outbound foreign investment continues to beat records year by year. The Asian powerhouse is investing in overseas markets to acquire advanced technology, know-how and...
13.04.2017
- China's Ministry of Commerce has greenlighted the takeover of Swiss agrochemicals producer Syngenta by ChemChina, as expected. The two companies said the approval, which comes...
06.04.2017
- Within two days, one of the three mega mergers influencing in major part the agrochemicals sector moved two steps closer to becoming reality. On Apr. 4-5, the US Federal Trade...
28.03.2017
- The European Commission (EC) on Mar. 27 approved the proposed $130 billion merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont into DowDuPont after the companies made promises to sell substantial...
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...
18.01.2017
- A second chemical-pharmaceuticals company may have won points toward US approval of its mega-merger plans by making promises of research spending and job creation to President...
16.01.2017
- Scotland’s environmental protection agency, SEPA, has issued fines to 383 industrial companies or sites – including Ineos, BP and Syngenta at Grangemouth – for their “poor” or...
10.01.2017
- Following a Jan. 9 meeting between would-be merger partners Dow Chemical and DuPont, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the outcome of the regulatory authority’s...
