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February 22, 2013
Oversupply and sluggish demand will continue to impact the price of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) in Europe throughout 2013 with changes mostly dictated by feedstock prices, a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-ABS-prices-likely-to-remain-stagnant-during-2013-due-to-poor-demand-oversupply_49993.html February 21, 2013
BASF says that it has signed an agreement with Bend Research (Bend, OR) to jointly evaluate and develop novel excipients to enhance the solubility and bioavailability of poorly soluble...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/BASF-and-Bend-Research-collaborate-to-improve-solubility-and-bioavailability-of-drugs_49992.html February 21, 2013
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA; Brussels) has objected to the findings of the recently published World Health Organization-United Nations Environment...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/ICCA-UN-report-fails-to-meet-scientific-work-standards_49991.html February 21, 2013
The government of Belarus is compiling a list of state-owned enterprises it would like to privatize, according to Georgy Kuznetsov, chairman of the State Property Committee of Belarus...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Belarus-renews-attempts-to-privatize-Grodno-Azot-and-Belaruskali_49990.html February 21, 2013
Ineos has announced that, following an internal asset review, it will restructure its chlor-vinyls business to address overcapacity in chlorine, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Ineos-restructures-chlor-vinyls-business-including-plant-closures_49114.html February 20, 2013
The European Union has adopted a 5-year antidumping duty on US bioethanol that will result in a €62.30/m.t. ($83.20) net tariff applied to imports. Bioethanol used in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-Union-sets-5-year-antidumping-tariff-on-US-origin-bioethanol_49972.html February 20, 2013
AkzoNobel has accelerated its previously announced restructuring program, and announced a new set of financial targets to be achieved by the end of 2015. The company also announced a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/AkzoNobel-accelerates-restructuring-and-announces-new-targets-launches-customer-focused-strategy_49968.html February 20, 2013
DSM's fourth-quarter 2012 net profit fell by 75%, to €21 million ($28 million), compared with the €85 million reported in the fourth quarter a year earlier, the company...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/DSMs-fourth-quarter-net-profit-down-75-percent-despite-higher-sales_49966.html February 20, 2013
PhosAgro (Moscow), a leading integrated phosphate fertilizer producer, will launch a compulsory buyout of all remaining shares owned by minority shareholders in Apatit (Murmansk...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/PhosAgro-launches-squeeze-out-for-Russias-strategic-phosphate-rock-asset-Apatit_49965.html February 19, 2013
Fluor says it has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction management services contract for BASF’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) project at the company’s...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Fluor-awarded-BASFs-TDI-plant-contract-at-Ludwigshafen_49937.html February 18, 2013
Sirius Minerals (London) has signed a marketing agreement with Keytrade (Thalwil, Switzerland) for the marketing and distribution of up to 1.75 million m.t./year of polyhalite...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Sirius-Minerals-and-Keytrade-sign-marketing-agreement-for-UK-potash-project_49927.html February 18, 2013
The Sibur International trading company, a Sibur (Moscow) affiliate, has registered subsidiaries in Istanbul and Kiev, the company announced today. The offices will trade in basic...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Sibur-opens-trading-offices-in-Ukraine-and-Turkey_49925.html February 18, 2013
AkzoNobel said today that Marjan Oudeman, member of the executive committee/organizational development and human resources (HR), has accepted an offer to become president of Utrecht...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/AkzoNobel-board-member-Marjan-Oudeman-steps-down-to-take-up-post-in-academia_49919.html February 18, 2013
EuroChem (Moscow), a leading global fertilizer producer, has appointed Clark Bailey to the new post of director of mining. The new position was created to oversee the development of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/EuroChem-sharpens-focus-on-mining-creates-new-post-to-oversee-projects_49924.html February 15, 2013
Rockwood Holdings has agreed to acquire Kemira's 39% stake in the companies' Sachtleben (Duisburg, Germany) titanium dioxide (TiO2) joint venture for €97.5 million ($130 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Rockwood-buys-Kemira-out-of-Sachtleben_49820.html February 15, 2013
Tikkurila (Vantaa, Finland), a paints and coatings company, reported a net loss of €4.6 million ($6.2 million) in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with a loss of €5...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Tikkurilas-quarterly-net-loss-unchanged_49904.html February 15, 2013
Odfjell reports a net loss of $40 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with a net loss of $8 million in the corresponding quarter of 2011 on revenues of $296 million, down...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Odfjells-losses-widen-on-weak-tanker-market-Rotterdam-terminal-woes_49897.html February 15, 2013
Syngenta today requested that the European Commission retracts its proposal to restrict the use of neonicotinoid technology after revealing that the European Food Safety...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Syngenta-urges-European-Commission-to-retract-neonicotinoid-proposal_49895.html February 15, 2013
Versalis (Milan), ENI’s chemicals subsidiary, reports an adjusted operating loss of €117 million ($156 million) in the fourth quarter of 2012, an improvement of €34...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/ENIs-chemical-losses-mount-restructuring-of-the-business-continues_49894.html February 14, 2013
Invista started production at its expanded nylon salt polymer facility in Rozenburg, Netherlands. “The addition of a salt facility in Rozenburg will provide our customers a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Invista-starts-production-at-nylon-salt-plant-in-the-Netherlands_49830.html |
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