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May 24, 2013
Dow Chemical today announced plans to use up to $2 billion of its $2.2 billion payout from Petrochemical Industries of Kuwait (PIC) over the K-Dow joint venture termination to pay down...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Dow-to-use-K-Dow-award-for-debt-repayment_52292.html May 24, 2013
Croda has completed the acquisition of Arizona Chemical's (Jacksonville, FL) specialty products business, a producer of naturally derived polyamides. "The varied...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Croda-acquires-Arizona-Chemicals-specialty-products-business_52288.html May 24, 2013
Braskem (Sao Paolo) is still planning to build a previously reported $3.5-billion petrochemical complex in Peru, in alliance with the country's state-run energy company PetroPeru...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Report-Braskem-still-planning-$3-5-billion-petrochemical-complex-in-Peru_52285.html May 24, 2013
BASF says it plans to expand manufacturing capacity for products marketed under the Joncryl trade name at plants located at Wyandotte, MI, and Monaca, PA, to support customer growth in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/BASF-to-expand-production-capacity-for-water-based-polymers-in-US-to-close-Delaware-site_52279.html May 23, 2013
Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) today announced the introduction of the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013—a bipartisan effort to modernize the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Lautenberg-Vitter-announce-bipartisan-bill-for-TSCA-modernization-UPDATED_52239.html May 23, 2013
Air Liquide has realigned its executive management team in the US, including the recent hire of former Dow Chemical executive Jeff Buckley to lead the company's US industrial gas...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Air-Liquide-names-Dow-executive-as-head-of-US-industrial-gas-business_52277.html May 23, 2013
Since early April, the BASF-Total steam cracker has been able to produce up to 40% of its ethylene from ethane and another 40% from butane and propane....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/BASF-Total-Port-Arthur-steam-cracker-to-process-ethane_52267.html May 23, 2013
Polystyrene (PS) demand is expected to be lower worldwide this year compared with last year, according to the latest IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service: Global Plastics &...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Global-PS-demand-expected-to-be-lower-in-2013-because-of-high-feedstock-costs-product-substitution_52256.html May 23, 2013
Toho Tenax, the carbon fiber unit of Teijin (Tokyo), has announced plans to suspend production of carbon fiber at its Rockwood, TN site by the end of the third quarter....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Teijin-to-shut-US-carbon-fiber-production-unit_52237.html May 23, 2013
Pfizer intends to reduce its holding in Zoetis, the animal health business it spun off via an initial public offering earlier this year, through an exchange offer, the company said on...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Pfizer-to-reduce-holding-in-animal-health-unit-Zoetis_52254.html May 23, 2013
The low cost of natural gas gives US chlor-alkali producers a great advantage on the global market, but capitalizing on the opportunity means maintaining the industry’s strong...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Chlorine-Institutes-safety-mission-supports-chlor-alkali-opportunity_51682.html May 23, 2013
Demand for chlor-alkali products is growing on the back of recovery in the construction sector, but the benefit will not be spread evenly around the globe, according to Steve Brien...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/US-chlor-alkali-exports-margins-rising-on-shale-advantage_51681.html May 23, 2013
ICA Fluor, the construction joint venture of Empresas ICA and Fluor, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a titanium dioxide (TiO2) train at DuPont’s complex at...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ICA-Fluor-awarded-titanium-dioxide-contract-from-DuPont-in-Mexico_51677.html May 23, 2013
Braskem (São Paulo) has launched its line of biobased low-density polyethylene (LDPE) derived from sugarcane ethanol, the company has announced. Annual production of biobased...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-launches-biobased-LDPE-line_52262.html May 23, 2013
BASF and Monsanto plan to commercially launch their jointly developed drought-tolerant corn in the U.S. market in time for the next growing season, according to Dow Jones reports. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Monsanto-BASF-plan-to-launch-drought-tolerant-corn-next-year_52263.html May 22, 2013
The ACC echoed other industry groups in suggesting the rules would be redundant....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ACC-says-proposed-fracking-rules-could-derail-energy-development_52249.html May 22, 2013
The European Union will impose provisional antidumping duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia, according to various media reports. Argentinean biodiesel will face a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/EU-to-impose-dumping-duties-on-biodiesel-from-Argentina-Indonesia_52234.html May 22, 2013
FDA issued a warning letter earlier this month to the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished pharmaceutical manufacturing facility Boehringer Ingelheim (Ingelheim am...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/FDA-issues-warning-letter-to-Boehringer-Ingelheim-API-plant_52231.html May 22, 2013
The 952,769 shares, sold over 17–21 May, netted $333 million....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Huntsman-founder-sells-nearly-1-million-shares-to-fund-charity_52236.html May 22, 2013
Specialty chemicals and advanced materials firm Rockwood Holdings' (Princeton, NJ) sale of certain business units has attracted interest from various private equity suitors, according...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Reports-Rockwoods-divestment-of-noncore-assets-sparks-private-equity-interest_52229.html |
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