DKSH buys Pacific area distributor
Zürich-based DKSH has agreed to acquire Axieo, a speciality chemicals distributor headquartered in Australia and with an office in New Zealand.
Azelis opens fourth ‘agri/horti’ application lab
Azelis has opened a speciality application laboratory in Shanghai for the agricultural and horticultural markets.
Fujifilm launches CMO offer at Chemspec Europe
Fujifilm used its presence on the UK Trade & Investment stand at Chemspec Europe 2019 to launch the contract manufacturing services of its site at Grangemouth.
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Castor bean projected extended
Arkema, BASF, Jayant Agro-Organics, an Indian castor oil specialist, and civil society body Solidaridad are to extend their ongoing Pragati project in sustainable castor bean production for a further three years in order to reach more Indian farmers and end users. In particular, it aims to double the number of farmers participating in India’s Gujarat state to 7,000.
WeylChem to close Griesheim site
WeylChem has announced plans to close its historic site at Frankfurt-Griesheim as soon as possible. It is seeking to find roles of the 134 employees, 21 of them temporary, within its other sites in the Rhine-Main area at Höchst, Fechenheim and Wiesbaden.
Envigo and Covance in asset swap
Envigo’s Research Models Services business is to acquire the Research Products business of LabCorp’s Covance subsidiary, becoming a pure-play research models and services business. As part of the same transaction, Covance is also acquiring Envigo’s non-clinical research services business, expanding its services in that field.
