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After years of approaches, US-based Huntsman Corp and Switzerland’s Clariant AG have announced that they will merge to create a chemicals manufacturer worth more than $14 billion. Last year, it was reported that talks had broken down between the two over a disagreement of who would play the lead role; however, a statement from Clariant AG announced that the deal will create a global specialty chemicals company that is 52 per cent… Read More
Last week it was announced that German chemicals giant Linde have signed a formal agreement for a €70bn deal with US industrial gases company Praxair, despite worker representatives opposing the merger. While industry analysts believe too much time has been invested for the deal not to be finalised, anxiety over job losses caused Linde to miss their deadline at a recent shareholder meeting. Aldo Belloni, who came out of retirement to become… Read More