ALTANA achieves double-digit growth in 2024 and invests heavily in the future

Sales increase by 16 percent to 3,169 million euros

25-Mar-2025 - The specialty chemicals group ALTANA achieved double-digit growth in the 2024 fiscal year while once again making significant investments in the future. The company increased its sales by 16 percent to 3,169 million euros (previous year: 2,742 million euros). One growth driver was heightened ...

50 years of Bodo Möller Chemie: adhesives expert celebrates company anniversary

Continuous growth with innovative solutions

30-Jan-2025 - In 2025, the Bodo Möller Chemie Group can look back on five decades of successful company history. Since its foundation in 1975, Bodo Möller Chemie has been distributing specialty chemicals from chemical companies such as BASF, Dow, DuPont, Henkel and Huntsman. Strong partnerships, expansion and ...

Green specialty chemicals from Verbio with Nobel Prize-winning innovation

Construction of the new ethenolysis plant in Bitterfeld progressing apace

27-Jan-2025 - The initial milestone in the construction of the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed oil methyl ester has been reached: the first distillation column has been erected. Starting in 2026, large quantities of renewable molecules for the chemical industry will be produced at ...

Perstorp acquires OQ Chemicals Nederland B.V.

16-Dec-2024 - Global specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), announced Perstorp Holding AB has acquired 100 percent of the shares of OQ Chemicals Nederland B.V. from OQ Chemicals GmbH. The deal provides Sweden-based Perstorp with ...

Bodo Möller Chemie Group enters exclusive acquisition talks with Rocktin

Strengthen adhesives distribution in Asia

22-Nov-2024 - Bodo Möller Chemie Group has announced its entry into exclusive discussions regarding the potential acquisition of Rocktin’s distribution activities, aiming to further increase its strategic growth in Asia. This acquisition represents a significant milestone in Bodo Möller Chemie’s ongoing ...

BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Partnership on biotechnology supports the further development of fermentation technology

07-Nov-2024 - BASF and Acies Bio, one of Europe’s leading biotechnology companies, have entered into a transformative partnership to further develop a platform for fermentation technology from methanol for the production of fatty alcohols. Fatty alcohols are essential building blocks for several ingredients in ...

eMolecules acquires Synple Chem AG

"We are thrilled to welcome the highly reputable and talented Synple team into eMolecules"

26-Sep-2024 - eMolecules, Inc. announced that it has acquired Synple Chem AG ("Synple"). Synple was founded in 2016 as a Spin-off from ETH Zürich. Synple specializes in automated chemical synthesis systems and solutions for small molecules drug discovery customers. WithSynple's virtual compound library, which ...

LANXESS expects earnings improvement for fiscal year 2024

Specialty chemicals profile further refined

15-Mar-2024 - 2023 was a year of multiple crises for the German chemical industry: Weak demand in numerous customer industries and market regions combined with inventory reduction by customers, high energy prices in Germany, and geopolitical tensions. This also characterized fiscal year 2023 for the specialty ...

EV manufacturers looking for innovative electrode active material suppliers

Opportunities for startups?

21-Feb-2024 - General Motors (GM) recently finalized a significant battery material supply contract worth $19 billion with South Korea's LG Chem, marking a major milestone in the electric vehicle (EV) industry. Under the agreement, LG Chem will supply cathode active materials until 2035, sufficient to power up ...

KRAHN Chemie acquires stake in Italian specialty chemicals manufacturer and distributor

12-Jan-2024 - KRAHN Chemie, part of the globally active Otto Krahn Group, has acquired shares of Italian SPECIALITIES s.r.l., a distributor of specialty chemicals for the homecare, personal care, industrial and institutional cleaning market. SPECIALITIES s.r.l. is a distributor of specialty chemicals for the ...