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June 6, 2013
Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI; Albany, NY) says its board of directors has unanimously voted to separate the role of chairman and CEO and has named William Marth, an active...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/AMRI-appoints-William-Marth-as-board-chairman_52603.html June 6, 2013
Walt Cheng, Greater China director, DuPont Electronics & Communications (seated, left), and Xiaoqiang Zheng, v.p. and COO, Yingli (seated, right), sign the agreement.. DuPont says...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/DuPont-and-Yingli-sign-another-$100-million-photovoltaic-materials-deal_52599.html June 6, 2013
Arkema says it has brought onstream the previously announced additional acrylic acid capacity at its Clear Lake, TX site. This project will improve reliability and increase...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Arkema-starts-up-acrylic-acid-capacity-expansion-at-Clear-Lake-TX_52589.html June 5, 2013
ACC also announced today that its board approved the membership of Addivant (Middlebury, CT), Axiall (Atlanta), and Blue Ribbon Technology (Houston)....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Celanese-CEO-to-join-ACC-board_52575.html June 5, 2013
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Tuesday that it is seeking a court order requiring Nova-Kem (Seward, IL) to halt all operations at its facility until...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Reports-Explosion-at-Nova-Kem-site-in-Illinois-causes-evacuation-of-local-residents-UPDATE_52504.html June 5, 2013
Codexis (Redwood City, CA), a company that engineers enzymes for pharmaceutical, biofuel, and chemical production, appointed Scott Watson as v.p./sales and marketing in May. Watson has...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Codexis-appoints-v-p-sales-and-marketing_52568.html June 5, 2013
Yara International (Oslo) says that the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) has approved Yara's previously announced acquisition of Bunge's fertilizer business...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Yara-receives-approval-for-acquisition-of-Bunges-fertilizer-business-in-Brazil_52566.html June 4, 2013
Foster Wheeler announced today that it has acquired NorthAm Engineering (Monterrey, Mexico), a privately held engineering company. NorthAm is a Mexican engineering and project...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Foster-Wheeler-acquires-Mexico-engineering-company_52544.html June 4, 2013
PetroLogistics (Houston) on Monday night announced plans to shut down its propane dehydrogenation facility on 8 June to repair two of the plant’s eight reactors....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/PetroLogistics-to-shut-down-PDH-for-two-weeks-will-declare-force-majeure-_52547.html June 4, 2013
Valspar has announced that it plans to acquire Inver Holding (Bologna, Italy), a maker of liquid and powder coatings and resins for off-road equipment, windows, railways and trams, for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Valspar-to-acquire-industrial-coatings-business-in-Europe_52546.html June 4, 2013
Stepan says that it has completed the previously announced purchase of the North American polyester resins business from Bayer MaterialScience for an undisclosed amount. The acquired...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Stepan-completes-acquisition-of-Bayers-North-American-polyester-resins-business_52537.html June 4, 2013
Agrium announced today that it has decided to suspend engineering development on its greenfield nitrogen fertilizer project in the US Midwest and “focus efforts on attempting to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Agrium-delays-$3-billion-US-nitrogen-fertilizer-project_52533.html June 3, 2013
Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) plans to add a 10th furnace to an existing ethylene unit at its Sweeny complex at Old Ocean, TX, increasing ethylene production capacity by 200...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/CPChem-to-increase-ethylene-production-at-Old-Ocean-TX-by-200-million-lbsyear_52512.html June 3, 2013
CBC Holding Corp. (CBCHC), a joint venture between China BlueChemical (Dongfang) and Benewood Holdings (Hong Kong), has agreed to make an investment of C$31.9 million ($30.9 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/China-JV-buys-stake-in-Canada-potash-company_52513.html June 3, 2013
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D., NJ), a long-time advocate for chemicals management reform and more stringent environmental protection, passed away this morning from complications from...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/NJ-Senator-Frank-Lautenberg-passes-away-at-89_52511.html June 3, 2013
MACROECONOMIC STATUS Our running tab of positive indicators remained steady at 13 out of 20 this week. Thus, we continue to post a green banner. Consumer confidence up 7.2 points, to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ACCs-economic-outlook-for-the-week-ended-31-May-2013_52518.html June 3, 2013
KMG Chemicals has completed the acquisition of OM Group’s ultrapure chemicals (UPC) division, a maker of materials for semiconductor and microelectronics manufacturing, for $63.3...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/KMG-completes-ultrapure-chemicals-acquisition_52515.html June 3, 2013
Airgas announced last week that will increase, effective 1 July, US prices by 6–12% on average—with helium and argon averaging 10–15%— for bulk...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Airgas-increases-prices_52510.html June 3, 2013
Axiall says it has commercially launched the market's first phthalate-free biobased flexible vinyl compounds. The company says the compounds, brand-named Aspire, offer...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Axiall-introduces-biobased-vinyl-compounds_52509.html June 3, 2013
Air Products says it has acquired EPCO Carbon Dioxide Products (Monroe, LA), a privately held producer and marketer of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2). The purchase price has not been...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Air-Products-acquires-liquid-carbon-dioxide-firm-EPCO_52506.html |
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