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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 February 14, 2013
Solvay will invest €75 million ($101 million) to build an 85,000-m.t./year highly dispersible silica (HDS) plant at Włocławek, Poland, the company announced today. The new...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Solvay-invests-&euro75-million-to-build-silica-plant-in-Poland_49821.html February 14, 2013
Air Liquide's fourth-quarter 2012 consolidated sales revenue increased by 6.6%, to €3.99 billion ($5.37 billion), compared with €3.75 billion during the fourth quarter...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Air-Liquides-fourth-quarter-revenue-up-6-6-percent_49819.html February 14, 2013
Clariant today reported an increase in fourth-quarter profits and pledged to improve its margins further to become one of the most profitable specialty chemical companies. Announcing...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Repositioned-Clariant-raises-profit-shuffles-portfolio-further_49818.html February 14, 2013
Solvay achieved a 79% increase in its net income, group share, for the fourth quarter of 2012, to €203 million ($273 million) from €184 million in the fourth quarter a year...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Solvays-fourth-quarter-net-income-soars-79-percent_49823.html |
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