23.04.2014
- Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline have announced an asset swap worth more than $20 billion, with an eye to bolstering their best businesses and exiting weaker ones. The swap, which...
20.03.2014
- With activist shareholder hedge fund Third Point breathing down its corporate neck, Dow Chemical has lifted its asset sale target from $3-4 billion to $4.5-6 billion. The company...
18.03.2014
- Privately owned German industrial gases producer Messer acquired 100% of U.S. rival Praxair's French subsidiary Praxair S.A.S from Praxair Euroholding, Spain, effective Mar. 12...
17.03.2014
- German chemical producer Lanxess is said to be close to a sale of two of its rubber businesses which it last September identified as non-core and said it was studying "strategic...
10.03.2014
- BASF has said it will sell PolyAd Services, part of its Plastics Additives business unit, to private equity investor Edgewater Capital Partners of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. The deal...
07.03.2014
- Subject to approval by anti-trust authorities in Argentina, Bayer CropScience will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Buenos Aires-based Biagro Group, a producer and distributor of...
24.02.2014
- Swiss flavours and fragrances producer Givaudan said it is in exclusive talks about acquiring French cosmetics ingredients manufacturer Soliance. With two sites in France and 77...
21.02.2014
- BASF has announced plans to sell its liquid masterbatch activities to Audia International. The world's largest chemical producer said the niche business based at Clermont de l'Oise...
