04.01.2018
- US chemicals and plastics producer Celanese is acquiring custom compounder Omni Plastics for an undisclosed sum. The subsidiaries of the Evansville, Indiana-based compounder...
28.06.2017
- Mexico's Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece), the country’s regulatory authority, has become the seventh to greenlight the planned $130 million merger of Dow and...
09.06.2017
- AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has completed the expansion of its Polymer Chemistry production complex in Los Reyes, Mexico. The investment widens the Dutch group’s North...
03.03.2017
- As US President Donald Trump appears ready to start renegotiating NAFTA – a treaty he has described as a “catastrophe” for the country – industry associations from the US, Canada...
06.12.2016
- French specialty chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has set up a subsidiary in Hungary to service the country’s industrial manufacturing sector. Based near Budapest, Safic-Alcan...
10.11.2016
- Shares in major globally active pharmaceutical producers rose by as much as 11% on the news that Donald Trump had won the Nov. 8 election as president of the United States. The...
26.10.2016
- Solvay is building a compounding unit in Mexico for its Technyl range of polyamide (PA) resins. The plant in San Luis Potosí will have an initial capacity of 10,000 t/y when it...
21.10.2016
- US thermoplastics manufacturer Polymer Technology & Services (PTS) has signed a technical collaboration and licensing deal with India’s Formulated Polymers Limited (FPL) to supply...
