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May 1, 2013
Dow Corning, a 50-50 joint venture between Dow Chemical and Corning and the majority shareholder in leading polysilicon producer Hemlock Semiconductor, says sales and earnings fell in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Solar-shakeout-continues-to-impact-Dow-Corning-results_51637.html May 1, 2013
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital (New York) announced it has acquired Arnco (South Gate, CA), one of the world’s largest suppliers of polyurethane (PU) products...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Arsenal-Capital-acquires-polyurethane-supplier-Arnco_51635.html May 1, 2013
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that despite EPA’s increased efforts to assess and regulate potentially harmful chemicals under the Toxic...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Federal-report-faults-EPA-chemical-assessment-strategies_51622.html May 1, 2013
Private equity firm SK Capital Partners (New York) has closed its $200-million acquisition of Chemtura’s antioxidants and ultraviolet stabilizers business, which was announced in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/SK-Capital-completes-Chemtura-antioxidant-and-UV-stabilizers-acquisition_51634.html May 1, 2013
Cabot (Boston) reported net income of $27 million for the quarter ended 31 March, down 89% from the year-ago quarter, which included a one-time gain of $190 million from the sale of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Cabot-earnings-fall-on-Japan-outage-miss-estimates_51623.html May 1, 2013
KBR has been awarded a contract by Invista to provide construction services for its previously announced next-generation manufacturing technology production facility at Orange, TX...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/KBR-awarded-nylon-plant-contract-by-Invista_51625.html April 30, 2013
The company says it is considering the sale of its $350-million/year peroxygens business, a leading producer of hydrogen peroxide and persulfates....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/FMC-considering-hydrogen-peroxide-sale_51620.html April 30, 2013
CF Industries announced it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Canadian Fertilizers Limited (CFL) for C$910 million ($903 million) in cash. CFL owns the largest...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/CF-Industries-closes-Canadian-Fertilizers-acquisition_51621.html April 30, 2013
FMC today reported first-quarter net income up 10% year-on-year (YOY), to $130.9 million, on sales up 5%, to $990.2 million. Excluding special charges, adjusted earnings totaled...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/FMC-earnings-rise-on-solid-ag-biopolymers-results_51618.html April 30, 2013
Biobased isobutanol firm Gevo (Englewood, CO) reported a net loss of $18.4 million (45 cts/share) for its fiscal first-quarter ended 31 March, compared with a net loss of $19.3 million...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Gevo-posts-net-loss-on-track-for-Luverne-restart-in-2013_51619.html April 30, 2013
Biobased farnesene producer Amyris (Emeryville, CA) reported a net loss of $32.3 million for its fiscal first-quarter ended 31 March compared with a net loss of $94.9 million in the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Amyris-sales-slide-73-percent-on-shelving-of-biofuels_51616.html April 30, 2013
Canergy, an advanced biofuels company based in Brawley, CA, says it has chosen Beta Renewables's Proesa process technology for an Imperial Valley, CA, cellulosic biofuels facility...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Canergy-chooses-Proesa-process-technology-for-California-biofuels-plant_51614.html April 30, 2013
Rockwood Holdings reports net income of $18.9 million, down 75% from the year-ago quarter because of lower margins in titanium dioxide (TiO2) as well as charges related to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Rockwood-earnings-fall-on-weak-titanium-dioxide_51606.html April 30, 2013
Huntsman on Tuesday reported a net loss of $24 million due mainly to a charge related to early repayment of debt compared with net income of $163 million in the year-ago quarter...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Huntsman-first-quarter-adjusted-earnings-fall-75-percent_51605.html April 30, 2013
Stepan (Northfield, IL) reports a drop in earnings and sales for the first quarter 2013. The company's net income of $19 million decreased 15% year-on-year (YOY) because of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Stepan-reports-drop-in-earnings-on-low-volumes_51601.html April 30, 2013
Ecolab’s first-quarter net income rose 221% year-on-year (YOY), to $159.6 million, on sales up 2%, to $2.87 billion. Excluding special charges—which had a major impact in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Ecolab-earnings-rise-on-margin-gains_51600.html April 30, 2013
Stepan says it has reached an agreement with Bayer MaterialScience to acquire the North American polyester resins business, including a production facility located at Columbus...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Stepan-to-acquire-Bayers-North-American-polyester-resins-business-Updated_51594.html April 30, 2013
Mexichem (Tlalnepantla, Mexico) reports a net profit of 836 million Mexican pesos ($69 million) during the first quarter of this year, down 54% from the peso1.8 billion reported during...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Mexichems-net-profit-drops-54-percent-during-the-first-quarter_51593.html April 30, 2013
Vale (Rio de Janeiro) has signed an agreement with the Argentinean government and trade unions, allowing the company to quit the Rio Colorado potash project in the province of Mendoza...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Reports-Vale-signs-agreement-to-exit-Argentina-potash-project_51546.html April 30, 2013
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, WI) chemists have identified an approach to using oxygen gas to convert lignin, a by-product of biofuel production, into a form...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/U-of-Wisconsin-Madison-researchers-identify-way-to-transform-biomass-waste-into-biobased-chemical-feedstock_51589.html |
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