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March 27, 2013
Bayer says it has appointed Markus Steilemann as the new head of its polycarbonates business unit. He succeeds Michael Koenig, who will join the board of management of Bayer on 1...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/Bayer-appoints-new-head-of-polycarbonates-business_50759.html March 26, 2013
Troubled vinyls company Kem One (Lyon, France) was scheduled to present to a Lyon court this morning an "application to default on its debts," French media reports say...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Vinyls-company-Kem-One-applies-to-default-on-its-debts_50738.html March 26, 2013
“I think, from an Ineos point of view, we’ll look at whether we can underpin any of our assets in Europe with cheap feedstocks in one form or another from the United States," says Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of Ineos....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/AFPM-IPC-Ineos-shifting-resources-to-US-Ratcliffe_50731.html March 26, 2013
Perstorp (Perstorp, Sweden) says it has entered into a partnership with Purac (Gorinchem, Netherlands), a leading player in natural food preservation and biobased chemicals, for...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/sweden/Perstorp-and-Purac-in-partnership-to-develop-caprolactone-lactide-copolymers_50500.html March 26, 2013
The European General Court (Luxembourg) has confirmed the European Chemical Agency's (ECHA; Helsinki) approach to identifying persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic substances (PBTs)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/EU-court-upholds-ECHA-approach-to-identifying-PBTs-and-vPvBs_50476.html March 25, 2013
Kem One (Lyon, France), a manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride, will file for insolvency tomorrow, according to various reports in the French press. The filing follows a works council...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Reports-Kem-One-to-file-for-insolvency_50720.html March 25, 2013
Cabot Corp. says it has completed a fumed silica expansion at its Barry, Wales, facility, part of a 3-year plan started in 2011 to increase Cabot's global fumed metal oxide capacity by...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Cabot-expands-fumed-silica-capacity_50718.html March 25, 2013
Myriant (Quincy, MA) and Bayegan Group (Istanbul) have signed a broad collaboration agreement to commercialize Myriant’s biobased succinic acid in markets across the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/AFPM-IPC-Myriant-and-Bayegan-sign-broad-distribution-agreement-for-biobased-succinic-acid_50717.html March 25, 2013
Reverdia, a joint venture between DSM and Roquette Frères (Lestrem, France), has signed an agreement with Helm (Hamburg) for the European distribution and joint market...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Reverdia-and-Helm-sign-distribution-agreement-for-biobased-succinic-acid_50714.html March 25, 2013
Reverdia, a joint venture between DSM and Roquette Frères (Lestrem, France), has started operations at the world’s first large-scale plant for biobased succinic acid at...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Reverdia-starts-up-worlds-first-large-scale-biobased-succinic-acid-plant_50713.html March 22, 2013
Global styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) prices are expected to be torn in the first half of this year between soft demand downstream from tire manufacturing, as the automotive sector...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Export-opportunities-will-drive-SBR-markets-during-the-second-half-of-2013_50701.html March 22, 2013
Altana's (Wesel, Germany) net income increased almost 5% during 2012, to €155 million ($203 million) from €148 million the year before, the company reported today. Ebitda and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Altanas-2012-net-income-up-5-percent_50696.html March 22, 2013
Lenzing's (Lenzing, Austria) net profit fell by about 30%, from €267.4 million ($349.6 million) in 2011 to €191.9 in 2012, the company reported today. Ebitda also dropped by...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Lenzings-2012-profit-plummets-by-about-30-percent_50695.html March 22, 2013
Dow Chemical says that its Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS) business unit has entered into a collaboration agreement with Ahlstrom (Helsinki, Finland)—a global...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/finland/Dow-partners-with-Ahlstrom-for-drinking-water-solutions_50691.html March 22, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries says that Nizhnekamskneftekhim (Nizhnekamsk, Russia), the largest petrochemical company in Russia, has selected LyondellBasell’s Spheripol process...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Nizhnekamskneftekhim-selects-LyondellBasell-technology-for-PP-plant_50690.html March 21, 2013
As new investments come into North America, production will increase, and much of it will be directed to international markets, says Gary Adams, chief advisor at IHS Chemical....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/IHS-WPC-State-of-the-industry-is-a-matter-of-feedstock-opportunities-Adams_50658.html March 21, 2013
Dérivés Résiniques & Terpéniques (DRT; Dax, France), a company that specializes in the development of rosin and turpentine extracted from pine resin...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/DRT-acquires-acrolein-based-intermediates-maker_50671.html March 21, 2013
The UK chemical industry has welcomed a package of measures announced by the UK government to boost the country's fledgling shale gas industry. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/UK-chemical-industry-welcomes-government-boost-to-shale-gas-development_50667.html March 21, 2013
Lanxess provided more information this morning about the company's performance last year and warned that first-quarter 2013 earnings will be substantially lower than in the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Lanxess-forecasts-strong-2013-despite-lower-first-quarter-Ebitda-reshapes-Saltigo_50665.html March 21, 2013
Belarusian Potash Co. (BPC; Minsk) will export about 2.5 million m.t. of potash to Southeast Asia via its office in Singapore in 2013, according to a report from the BelTA news...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Belaruss-BPC-to-export-2-5-million-m-t-of-potash-to-Southeast-Asia-during-2013_50663.html |
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