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May 21, 2013
Ferro has reached an agreement with FrontFour Capital and Quinpario Partners, agreeing to support two out of three of the shareholder group’s board nominees. The deal comes after...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Ferro-shareholder-group-reach-agreement-on-board-nominees_52107.html May 21, 2013
Biobased succinic acid firm BioAmber (Minneapolis) raised $80 million in an initial public offering—capital it will use toward construction of its first production asset set to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/BioAmber-raises-$80-million-in-initial-public-offering_52106.html May 21, 2013
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) announced today that Christopher Jahn, current president of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD), will become its president on 9...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/NACDs-Jahn-named-president-of-The-Fertilizer-Institute_52217.html May 21, 2013
Late-reporting specialty chemical companies mostly report solid earnings, since the US construction rebound lifted Valspar’s results and IFF benefitted from low raw materials...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Specialty-earnings-mostly-solid-on-steady-sales_52097.html May 21, 2013
A fire at Formosa Plastics’ Point Comfort, TX, on 2 May injured 16 people and shut down the PE-1 high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit, which produces Formolene...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Formosa-Point-Comfort-fire-impacts-US-HDPE-supplies_52096.html May 21, 2013
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Monsanto in a landmark intellectual property case involving reuse of genetically modified seeds. The case, Bowman v. Monsanto, involved an...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/US-Supreme-Court-rules-in-favor-of-Monsanto-in-Bowman-case_52086.html May 21, 2013
As natural gas prices have rebounded, the oil field chemicals sector is attracting ever-greater interest from specialty chemical companies, producers and analysts say. Natural gas prices bottomed out last year and are now in the $4/million Btu range, says Ray Will, senior consultant/specialty chemicals update program with IHS Chemical....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Rising-consumption-of-natural-gas-backs-big-growth_52081.html May 21, 2013
ACC has launched a new Responsible Care product safety code, requiring member companies to implement 11 management practices to evaluate and continuously improve product safety performance....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ACC-adds-product-safety-code-to-Responsible-Care_52080.html May 21, 2013
A final resolution has been completed in the K-Dow arbitration between Dow Chemical and the Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC; Kuwait City, Kuwait), with Dow confirming on 7 May...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Dow-awarded-final-$2-2-billion-payment-in-K-Dow-arbitration_52079.html May 21, 2013
Praxair and Air Products have announced their support of the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013, which seeks to to reform and reauthorize private helium sales from the federal helium...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Air-Products-Praxair-support-the-Helium-Stewardship-Act_52078.html May 21, 2013
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) and Amyris (Emeryville, CA) have agreed to a multiyear collaboration to jointly develop and commercialize a set of biobased fragrance...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/IFF-Amyris-sign-fragrance-deal_52068.html May 21, 2013
Solazyme (San Francisco) and AkzoNobel have entered into an agreement to develop ingredients for Akzo’s surfactants and coatings products using Solazyme’s algae-based...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/AkzoNobel-Solazyme-ink-oils-pact_52067.html May 21, 2013
Canergy (Brawley, CA) says it has chosen Beta Renewables’s Proesa process technology for a 25-million gal/year Imperial Valley, CA, cellulosic biofuels facility set to begin...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Canergy-chooses-Proesa-process-technology-for-CA-plant_52064.html May 21, 2013
Actavis (Parsippany, NJ) and Warner Chilcott (Dublin) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Actavis will acquire Warner Chilcott in a stock-for-stock transaction valued...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Actavis-to-acquire-Warner-Chilcott-in-deal-worth-up-to-$8-5-billion_52194.html May 21, 2013
Evonik Industries has started basic engineering for a precipitated silica plant in Brazil and expects to complete the plant by 2015, subject to approval from the relevant bodies and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Evonik-starts-engineering-for-silica-plant-in-Brazil_52058.html May 21, 2013
Mosaic has decided to delay, by one to two years, the expansion of its Saskatchewan potash mines, CFO Lawrence Stranghoener said recently. The company is deferring the final 2-million...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Mosaic-delays-Saskatchewan-potash-expansion-on-poor-markets_52057.html May 21, 2013
BASF, Evonik Industries, Mitsubishi Chemical, and Mitsui Chemicals have signed a letter of intent with CPC (Taipei, Taiwan) to develop production of high-value specialty...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/BASF-Evonik-Mitsubishi-Mitsui-ink-LOI-with-CPC_52055.html May 21, 2013
Northern Plains Nitrogen (NPN; Valley City, ND) has announced plans to build a $1.5-billion nitrogen fertilizer complex northwest of Grand Forks, ND....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Northern-Plains-Nitrogen-plans-$1-5-billion-fertilizer-plant_52054.html May 21, 2013
Oil field chemicals maker Flotek Industries has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Winter Haven, FL–based Florida Chemical, the world’s largest processor of citrus...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Flotek-acquires-citrus-oils-company-for-$102-million_52053.html May 21, 2013
Koda Distribution Group (Stamford, CT), a specialty chemical distributor, has announced that it has acquired EW Kaufmann (Bristol, PA). Koda says this acquisition will strengthen its...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Koda-Distribution-acquires-PA-based-specialty-chemical-distributor_52202.html |
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