Company Dynamic

ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing has announced an agreement with Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co Ltd, to license ExxonMobil’s Flexicoking technology to build a resid upgrading unit at Sinochem Hongrun’s High-End Chemical Park located in Binhai...

• ExxonMobil
• China
• Technology

Evonik has revealed plans to stop its amino acid production at its Hungarian Kaba site by the end of April 2018. The facility is run by Evonik subsidiary, Evonik Agroferm Zrt, which currently employs about 120 people.

Evonik has revealed plans to stop its amino acid production at its Hungarian Kaba site by the end of April 2018. The facility is run by Evonik subsidiary, Evonik Agroferm Zrt, which currently employs about 120 people.

• Evonik
• Amino Acid
• Hungary

German speciality chemicals firm, Evonik, said it has comprehensively optimised the production process of its Vestakeep brand of PEEK (polyetheretherketone) and further improved the quality of the product at its Changchun, China, site.

German speciality chemicals firm, Evonik, said it has comprehensively optimised the production process of its Vestakeep brand of PEEK (polyetheretherketone) and further improved the quality of the product at its Changchun, China, site.

• Evonik
• PEEK

BASF has joined the ‘Personalized Nutrition & Health’ consortium founded by The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Wageningen University & Research, a university and research centre based in Germany.

• BASF
• Nutrition
• Health

BASF has extended its production facilities for its Joncryl brand of water-based emulsions to primarily cater to increasing demand from printing and packaging applications. In addition to the production site in Heerenveen, the Netherlands...

BASF has extended its production facilities for its Joncryl brand of water-based emulsions to primarily cater to increasing demand from printing and packaging applications. In addition to the production site in Heerenveen, the Netherlands...

• BASF
• Expansion

Speciality chemical distributor, Azelis, has inked an exclusive deal with US-based renewables chemistry expert, Genomatica, for distributing its bio-based Brontide brand of butylene glycol in Europe for personal care applications.

Speciality chemical distributor, Azelis, has inked an exclusive deal with US-based renewables chemistry expert, Genomatica, for distributing its bio-based Brontide brand of butylene glycol in Europe for personal care applications.

• Azelis
• Genomatica
• Butylene Glycol

Speciality chemicals distributor, Azelis, has announced a distribution partnership with CP Kelco to offer their carrageenan, pectin, gellan gum and xanthan gum products for the food segment in Indonesia. The partnership builds upon existing agreements...

• Food
• Azelis
• Indonesia

US chemicals maker, Ashland, is exploring the sale of its composites segment which makes unsaturated polyester resins, as well as a butanediol (BDO) facility in Marl, Germany, and related merchant Intermediates and Solvents (I&S) products.

US chemicals maker, Ashland, is exploring the sale of its composites segment which makes unsaturated polyester resins, as well as a butanediol (BDO) facility in Marl, Germany, and related merchant Intermediates and Solvents (I&S) products.

• Ashland
• Germany

Borealis, the Austrian producer of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilisers, has announced the appointment of Mr. Alfred Stern as its new CEO in place of Mr. Mark Garrett, who has decided to step down. “After more than 11 years as CEO of Borealis,...

Borealis, the Austrian producer of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilisers, has announced the appointment of Mr. Alfred Stern as its new CEO in place of Mr. Mark Garrett, who has decided to step down. “After more than 11 years as CEO of Borealis,...

• Borealis
• People
• CEO

China National Chemical Corporation ("ChemChina") will increase its stake in Mercuria Energy Group ("Mercuria"), while Mercuria will inv...

Pharma major Lupin has announced the launch of its Clobetasol Propionate Spray 0.05% having received an approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier.

Ahmedabad-based pharmaceuticals player Corona Remedies has announced the acquisition of two brands in the prescription drug category from Abbott India for managing diabetes and hyper-thyroidism.

• India
• Acquisition

Cipla USA, Inc. has announced the launch of an authorized generic version of Aloxi in the US under applicable agreements with Helsinn Healthcare SA, in response to the at-risk launch by Teva.

• Cipla
• Aloxi

Mumbai-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and Switzerland’s Helsinn Group, have announced that they have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to introduce Akynzeo, an oral fixed combination of netupitant (300-mg) and palonosetron (0.5-mg) ...