The article offers news briefs in the global chemical industry as of June 2015. IMCD Group BV will purchase an 80% interest at specialty chemicals distributor MF Cachat Co. BASF SE will buy the intellectual property (IP) of a new technology for the production of high-molecular-weight polyisobutene (HM PIB) from Lanxess AG. Cargill has bought the proprietary fermentation-based processes and systems of OPX Biotechnologies Inc.