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April 4, 2013
International Process Plants (IPP; Hamilton, NJ) says it has put former Vinyls Italia assets at Porto Marghera and Porto Torres, Italy up for sale. The facilities, owned earlier...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Former-Vinyls-Italia-plants-at-Porto-Marghera-and-Porto-Torres-up-for-sale_50946.html April 4, 2013
Stolt-Nielsen posted a fall in net profits for the first quarter of 2013 to $1.5 million from $8 million in the corresponding quarter of 2012, on sales of $519.4 million, up from...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Stolt-Nielsen-reports-lower-first-quarter-net-profits_50945.html April 4, 2013
Neste Oil (Espoo, Finland) has started using tall-oil pitch as a feedstock for refining into automotive-grade biofuel, the company announced today. It had not been possible until now...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Neste-uses-tall-oil-pitch-to-manufacture-biofuel_50944.html April 4, 2013
Sibur (Moscow) posted profits of 60.09 billion Russian rubles ($1.91 billion) for 2012, down 4.3% on the previous year. Ebitda, at R82.3 billion, also dropped by more than 5%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Siburs-2012-profit-drops-by-more-than-4-percent-despite-higher-sales_50943.html April 4, 2013
Abengoa (Seville, Spain) has started production at a waste-to-bioethanol pilot plant at Salamanca, Spain, the company announced. The plant has the capacity to process 25,000 m.t./year...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Abengoa-starts-production-at-pilot-waste-to-biofuel-plant-in-Spain_50942.html April 4, 2013
Mitsui Chemicals says that it will acquire Heraeus Dental, the dental business of precious metals and technology company Heraeus (Hanau, Germany), for €450 million ($575 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/Mitsui-Chemicals-to-acquire-Heraeuss-dental-materials-business-for-&euro450-million_50938.html April 4, 2013
Atlas Copco (Stockholm) says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of BASF’s Meyco equipment business based at Winterthur, Switzerland. Atlas Copco announced in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/sweden/Atlas-Copco-completes-acquisition-of-BASFs-Meyco-business_50937.html April 3, 2013
Sasol Olefins & Surfactants (Sasol O&S; Hamburg), a subsidiary of Sasol, has sold its entire share of Sasol Gulf (Dubai) to Anichem (Dubai), Sasol announced today. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Sasol-Olefins-and-Surfactants-sells-Dubai-unit-to-Anichem_50917.html April 3, 2013
Arkema has acquired a majority stake in AEC Polymers (Bordeaux, France), a manufacturer of structural adhesives, Arkema announced today. The acquisition is in line with Arkema’s...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Arkema-buys-majority-in-French-structural-adhesives-manufacturer_50916.html April 3, 2013
Lanxess says it is investing about €10 million ($12.8 million) at the company’s Leverkusen site, to build a new production line for weakly acidic cation exchange resins of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/Lanxess-expands-ion-exchange-resin-facilities-at-Leverkusen_50912.html April 2, 2013
Dynea Chemicals Oy says it has completed the previously announced sale of shares of Dynea Holding GmbH, Dynea Austria GmbH, and Krems Chemie Service GmbH to Arirang Holdings Ltd...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Dynea-closes-AICA-deal_50910.html April 2, 2013
Ukraine plans to increase its bioethanol production capabilities to 360,000 m.t./year in 2013–14 mainly by converting distilleries, according to an announcement by the Ministry...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Ukraine-plans-to-transform-distilleries-into-bioethanol-plants_50887.html April 2, 2013
Brenntag Schweizerhall (Basel, Switzerland), a subsidiary of Brenntag, will invest in a new sulfuric acid dilution plant at the Infrapark Baselland industrial park in Muttenz...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Brenntag-invests-in-sulfuric-acid-dilution-plant-in-Switzerland-to-supply-Bayer-CropScience_50883.html April 2, 2013
Clariant says it has acquired the nanosilver ink technology platform developed under the trademark Bayink, from Bayer. The transaction comprises all patents, know-how, and materials...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/Clariant-acquires-nanosilver-ink-technology-from-Bayer_50879.html March 28, 2013
Huntsman says it is investing a combined $135 million at two of its methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) manufacturing facilities—specifically, increasing capacity at its...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Huntsman-invests-$135-million-in-MDI-updates_50686.html March 28, 2013
Vinyls company Kem One (Lyon, France) has, as expected, been put into receivership by the commercial court of Lyon. The move follows a filing for insolvency with the court by Kem One's...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Kem-One-enters-receivership-Arkema-denies-responsibility_50786.html March 28, 2013
Perstorp and Johnson Matthey say that Johnson Matthey has acquired Perstorp’s formaldehyde technology and catalyst business, Formox (Perstorp, Sweden), for 1.05 billion Swedish...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Johnson-Matthey-acquires-Perstorps-formaldehyde-technology-and-catalyst-business_50783.html March 27, 2013
Dow Chemical says that the previously announced Enlight polyolefin encapsulant film production plant at Schkopau, Germany, has been completed and the first commercial quantities have...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/Dow-starts-up-polyolefin-encapsulant-film-production-in-Germany_50760.html March 27, 2013
BASF says it will combine its water solutions, oil field solutions, and mining solutions businesses, effective 1 April, to create a new global business unit. The restructuring involves...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-merges-water-oil-field-and-mining-businesses-cuts-215-jobs_50764.html March 27, 2013
The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the planned acquisition by Nynas (Stockholm) of refinery assets at Harburg from Shell Deutschland Oil. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/EU-launches-in-depth-probe-into-acquisition-of-Shell-base-oils-plant-in-Germany_50763.html |
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