Croda Buys Sipo for $58.8 Million to Tap Chinese Auto Market

Croda Buys Sipo for $58.8 Million to Tap Chinese Auto Market

Bloomberg Croda International Plc, the world’s second-largest maker of cosmetic ingredients, agreed to buy a Chinese maker of fatty-acid products for 38.2 million pounds ($58.8 million) to tap growing demand for lubricant additives for cars. The U.K. supplier of...
Chinese broker buys Natixis commodities unit

Chinese broker buys Natixis commodities unit

Reuters PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) – One of China’s top securities brokers has bought parts of the commodities trading unit of French bank Natixis in the latest move by Chinese institutions to expand into natural resources markets. * Western banks under...
BesTV to Acquire 7FGame

BesTV to Acquire 7FGame

Information Times Shanghai Media Group subsidiary BesTV New Media has announced in a regulatory filing that the company is engaged in preliminary negotiations with Shanghai-based online game developer and operator Qifan Digital Technology (7FGame) over the possible...
Daewoong Pharmaceutical Acquires China’s Liaoning Baifeng

Daewoong Pharmaceutical Acquires China’s Liaoning Baifeng

The Korea Economic Daily Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on August 1 that it would acquire Liaoning Baifeng, a Shenyang (Liaoning Province)-based manufacturer of drug materials, and invest up to 18 billion won to modernize the latter’s facilities. According to...
Chinese firm buys South African wine estate

Chinese firm buys South African wine estate

Thesouthafrican.com The transaction, which was completed for an undisclosed amount in July, marks the first occurrence of a Chinese multinational investing in South Africa’s vineyards. Yangzhou-based Perfect China has made the Asian country’s first investment in South...