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March 6, 2013
Zep (Atlanta), a consumable packaged goods company and maker of cleaning and sanitizing products, has completed phase one of its vehicle-care integration after acquiring the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Zep-completes-first-phase-of-vehicle-care-integration_50280.html March 6, 2013
Bayer says that Bayer CropScience and wheat-breeding company Biotrigo Genética (Passo Fundo, Brazil) have signed an agreement to expand their cooperation. With this agreement...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Bayer-CropScience-expands-cooperation-with-Brazilian-wheat-breeding-company_50244.html March 6, 2013
Siluria Technologies (San Francisco), a startup developing catalyst technology to convert natural gas into chemicals and fuels, says it has appointed chemical industry veteran Ed...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Methane-to-ethylene-startup-taps-former-LyondellBasell-executive-as-CEO_50268.html March 6, 2013
Mitsui & Co. says its wholly owned subsidiary Intercontinental Terminals Co. (ITC; Houston) will invest about $150 million to build a new tank terminal on the Houston Ship Channel...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Mitsui-and-Co-to-build-petrochemical-terminal-in-US_50272.html March 5, 2013
Beleaguered solar markets continue to drag on Ferro's financial results, with the company reporting a deeper quarter loss year-on-year just a day after rejecting a takeover bid from A...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Ferros-fourth-quarter-loss-widens_50255.html March 5, 2013
Monsanto says it has acquired Rosetta Green (Reḥovot, Israel) a publicly held company developing improved plant traits using RNA technology. Financial terms were not disclosed...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Monsanto-acquires-Israeli-bioengineering-firm_50257.html March 5, 2013
Ashland says it plans to expand its pharmaceutical research and development unit at the Ashland Research Center at Wilmington, DE. Ashland will expand its existing capabilities to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Ashland-to-expand-pharmaceutical-center-in-Delaware_50254.html March 5, 2013
Symrise (Holzminden, Germany), a leading producer of flavors and fragrances, has acquired the global fragrance business of the Belmay Group (New York), an international developer and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Symrise-acquires-Belmays-fragrance-activities-reinforcing-North-American-presence_50249.html March 5, 2013
Sasol North America has selected Univation’s Unipol polyethylene (PE) technology for a 450,000-m.t./year plant to be built as part of a previously announced $5–7 billion...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Sasol-progresses-with-Lake-Charles-cracker-project-selects-Unipol-PE-process_50248.html March 5, 2013
Lanxess says that, following a previously announced feasibility study, it has decided to convert production of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E-SBR) used in standard tires to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Lanxess-to-invest-&euro80-million-to-switch-to-S-SBR-production-in-Brazil_50243.html March 4, 2013
MACROECONOMIC STATUS Our running tab of positive indicators remained steady at 12 out of 20 this week. Thus, we continue to post a yellow banner. Consumer confidence up 11.2 points, to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ACCs-economic-outlook-for-the-week-ended-1-March_50228.html March 4, 2013
Air Products announced today that two of its air separation units (ASUs) are now onstream at the world’s largest pressure oxidation (POX) gold production facility at Pueblo...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Air-Products-brings-ASUs-onstream-at-Dominican-Republic-gold-production-facility_50230.html March 4, 2013
President Obama this morning formally nominated Gina McCarthy as the next EPA chief. McCarthy, EPA’s assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, had been...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Obama-nominates-McCarthy-to-head-EPA_50226.html March 4, 2013
Verde Potash (Toronto) says it has applied for a preliminary environmental permit, or licença prévia (LP), for its Minas Gerais, Brazil, Cerrado Verde potash project to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Verde-Potash-files-permit-for-Brazilian-potash-project_50227.html March 4, 2013
Valspar has named James Muehlbauer executive v.p. and CFO, effective 11 March. Muehlbauer is succeeding Lori Walker, who will retire in April. Muehlbaur has over 25 years of experience...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Valspar-names-new-CFO_50224.html March 4, 2013
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today released the final award amount, representing interest and costs, in the arbitration case...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Kuwait-ordered-to-pay-Dow-close-to-$2-5-billion-in-K-Dow-arbitration-case_50222.html March 4, 2013
Sabic will not be going ahead with plans announced last year to build a $5.3-billion methanol-to-olefins complex in Trinidad and Tobago in a joint venture with Sinopec, Sabic said...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Sabic-pulls-out-of-$5-3-billion-methanol-to-olefins-JV-project-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago-Update_50216.html March 1, 2013
Construction is to begin in the fourth quarter of 2013, with start-up expected in mid-2016....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ZEEP-Todd-to-build-$1-3-billion-methanol-plant-in-Louisiana_50146.html March 1, 2013
Ascend Performance Materials (Houston) is proceeding with plans to build a $1.2-billion propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility at its Chocolate Bayou complex at Alvin, TX. The PDH unit...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Ascend-plans-$1-2-billion-PDH-plant-at-Chocolate-Bayou_50166.html March 1, 2013
Praxair completed its previously announced acquisition of NuCO2 for $1.1 billion on 1 March. Separately, the company announced that the Venezuelan government’s devaluation of the bolivar would reduce first-quarter earnings by 8 cts/share....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Praxair-completes-NuCO2-buy-Venezuela-devaluation-to-hurt-first-quarter-earnings_50214.html |
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