China (1888)

CHINA

BASF to build crop protection products facility in China
BASF says that it will build a new formulation and packaging plant for crop protection products at Rudong, China. The plant, which will have a production capacity of 10,000 m.t./year, is expected to be fully operational in 2014 and will employ over 100...

Ineos Nitriles and Tianjin Bohai to form acrylonitrile joint venture
Ineos Nitriles has signed a heads of terms agreement with Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group to create an equally owned joint venture to produce acrylonitrile, the company announced today. The new partnership will build and operate a 260,000-m.t./year...

DSM buys stake in pectins maker
DSM says that it has signed agreements to acquire a 19% equity interest in Yantai Andre Pectin (Yantai, China), a producer of texturing ingredients. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. The two...

Bayer MaterialScience opens innovation hub at Shanghai
Bayer says that its Bayer MaterialScience subsidiary has opened a previously announced new regional innovation hub for Asia/Pacific at Shanghai. More than 200 experts will develop ideas for the use of high-performance plastics, foams, and coatings in key...

Private equity firm Advent appoints Solvay executive as operating partner in China
Private equity firm Advent International has made a first appointment to its operating partner program in China, the company has announced. Advent appointed Michael Ming-Yue Zhu, country general manager of Solvay China to the program. Zhu will advise Advent...

More Stories »