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May 21, 2013
Ashland says its Ashland Specialty Ingredients commercial unit has opened a new research and development laboratory at The Woodlands, TX. The facility will serve as Ashland's technical...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Ashland-Specialty-Ingredients-opens-R-and-D-and-technical-center_52187.html May 20, 2013
Koch Nitrogen has announced plans to build a new urea plant at its Enid, OK, facility. In addition, the company is revamping existing production processes at the facility...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Koch-Nitrogen-to-invest-$1-billion-in-fertilizer-complex-at-Enid-OK_52162.html May 20, 2013
H.B. Fuller says it has signed an agreement to purchase adhesives company Plexbond Quimica (Curitiba, Brazil), a provider of chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/H-B-Fuller-to-acquire-Brazilian-adhesives-firm-Plexbond-Quimica_52186.html May 20, 2013
The report examines 97 chemical and plastics projects publicly announced through the end of March....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ACC-study-says-shale-based-chemical-investment-to-create-530000-jobs-in-US_52174.html May 20, 2013
Personal-care chemical manufacturers are optimistic about the industry’s outlook despite weakness in Western Europe, attendees at New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists’...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Suppliers-Day-2013-Optimistic-outlook-amid-shifting-consumer-preferences_52173.html May 20, 2013
Dow Chemical says Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved its Enlist Duo herbicide with Colex-D technology for use in Canada. News of the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Canada-approves-Dow-herbicide_52172.html May 20, 2013
The government of Canada will invest in technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in oil sands by converting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into commercial products, the National...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Canadian-consortium-builds-pilot-plant-to-grow-algal-biomass-using-oil-sands-CO2-emissions_52168.html May 20, 2013
The company will be allowed to export at a rate of up to 1.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) for a period of 20 years....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/DOE-authorizes-Freeport-LNG-to-export-to-non-FTA-countries_52154.html May 20, 2013
BP says it has received clearance from the FTC to sell its Carson, CA, refinery and southwest US retail assets to Tesoro and expects to complete the sale in the second quarter of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/BP-receives-FTC-clearance-to-sell-Carson-refinery-and-marketing-assets-to-Tesoro_52159.html May 20, 2013
Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners has appointed investment bank Lazard to advise it on a proposed sale of Emerald Performance Materials (Cuyahoga Falls, OH), press reports say...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Sun-Capital-eyes-Emerald-Performance-Materials-divestment_52165.html May 17, 2013
PQ says it will invest more than $120 million to expand catalyst production at its Kansas City, KS, site. The project will increase capacity for PQ’s wholly owned silica...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/PQ-to-invest-$120-million-to-boost-catalyst-production-at-Kansas-City-site_52144.html May 17, 2013
Oxea has announced that it has completed a previously announced feasibility study to expand production of oxo products at its Bay City, TX, facility. The expansion will enable the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Oxea-completes-feasibility-study-to-expand-Bay-City-TX-site_52139.html May 17, 2013
Dow Chemical says it will appeal the judgment entered against the company in connection with a case covering alleged urethanes price fixing. Dow says that the award of $1.2 billion...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Dow-Chemical-appeals-urethanes-price-fixing-award_52137.html May 17, 2013
Mexichem (Tlalneplantla, Mexico) has received clearance from FTC—and its equivalent body in Germany—for Mexichem's acquisition of the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) specialty...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Mexichem-cleared-to-acquire-PolyOnes-specialty-PVC-assets-bidding-for-Solvays-Indupa-assets_52133.html May 17, 2013
Univar says it has acquired Quimicompuestos (Monterrey, Mexico), a distributor of commodity chemicals in Mexico. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Quimicompuestos...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Univar-acquires-commodities-distributor-in-Mexico_52062.html May 16, 2013
In a public briefing on Thursday, Robert Champion, the agent in charge of the Dallas office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF), says the cause of the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/State-officials-say-cause-of-Texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-still-undetermined_52098.html May 16, 2013
According to UOP, it will be the world’s largest on-purpose propylene facility, with a production capacity greater than 1 million m.t./year....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Ascend-chooses-UOPs-C3-Oleflex-for-$1-2-billion-Chocolate-Bayou-PDH-project_52061.html May 16, 2013
A Kansas federal court on Wednesday ordered Dow Chemical to pay $1.2 billion in a previously announced urethanes price-fixing case, tripling, as expected, the fine announced in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Court-triples-Dows-urethanes-price-fixing-fine-to-$1-2-billion_52042.html May 16, 2013
The adjusted earnings per share loss of 45 cts fell short of the analyst consensus estimated loss of 21 cts/share....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Tronox-reports-first-quarter-loss-but-growing-TiO2-volumes_51894.html May 16, 2013
Oxiteno, the specialty chemicals arm of Ultrapar (São Paulo), achieved an Ebitda of 81 million Reais ($40 million) during the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Oxitenos-Ebitda-increases-21-percent-supported-by-weaker-currency-and-higher-volumes_52049.html |
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