Boots merger looks likely to go ahead
Boots plan to go ahead with a £7bn (€10.2bn) merger with Alliance UniChem look set to go ahead after a last-ditch attempt by European pharmacy retailer Celesio to block the deal has failed.
Archives for May 9, 2006
Goldschmidt launches high performance emulsifier for moisturisers
Germany-based Goldschmidt Personal Care, a division of the Degussa specialty chemicals business, is launching TEG Care CE 40, a new, vegetable-based cationic emulsifier system for the formulation of oil dispersed in water creams and lotions.
NZ company turns wine waste into chemical-free antioxidant
The Grape Seed Extract Company is the latest New Zealand company to tap the nutraceutical potential of a waste product of a traditional industry, with an antioxidant extracted from grape seeds left over by wine-makers using a non-chemical method.
Symrise completes operations restructuring
Germany-based fragrance and ingredients player Symrise has completed a restructuring programme across its entire organisation that will see the company divided into two clear division consisting of a supply chain and operations businesses.