Iselin-based Engelhard (NYSE:EC) today said its board of directors has elected Barry W. Perry, president and chief operating officer. He will succeed Orin R. Smith, who retires as chairman and chief ...

BASF AG has made a $4.9 billion hostile, all-cash offer for U.S. pigment and chemicals maker Engelhard Corp., aiming to become the world’s leading producer of pollution control materials, the German ...

German chemical maker BASF has agreed to buy U.S. catalyst producer Engelhard for over $5 billion, clearing the way for the biggest takeover in BASF's 140-year history. The agreement, announced on ...

German chemical company BASF AG said Tuesday that U.S. rival Engelhard Corp. has abandoned its resistance to a $5 billion takeover. Engelhard’s management decided to back BASF’s twice-sweetened offer ...

Bondit’s Buffalo 8 has hired Adam Harris Engelhard as head of production and B8 Services. The executive previously founded and ran literary management and production firm Mailroom Entertainment. He is ...

Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Engelhard’s fate was hanging in the balance on Tuesday night as the US chemicals group prepared to make a ...