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Archives :: World News and Views :: Europe
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February 1, 2013
The European Commission said on Thursday that it wants EU member states to suspend for two years the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides on sunflowers, rapeseed, corn and cotton...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/EU-seeks-two-year-ban-on-neonicotinoids-producers-strongly-disagree-with-proposal_49499.html February 1, 2013
Novozymes says it will acquire Iogen Bio-Products, the industrial enzyme business of Iogen (Ottawa, ON) for C$67.5 million ($67.6 million) and potential earn-out payments of up to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Novozymes-acquires-enzyme-business-from-Iogen_49494.html January 31, 2013
EU chemicals production decreased 1.8% in the first 11 months of 2012 compared with the same period of 2011, according to Cefic’s latest Chemicals Trends Report. EU chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/EU-chemicals-output-declines-1-8-percent-in-first-11-months-of-2012_49471.html January 31, 2013
Sirius Minerals (London), a potash exploration and development company, has submitted application documents for the onshore mining and mine access infrastructure of its previously...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Sirius-Minerals-submits-application-for-UK-potash-project_49473.html January 31, 2013
Regulation and sustainability issues are topping agendas at international trade associations for makers of cleaning chemicals, association executives said yesterday at a panel at ACI's...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/ACI-2013-Regulation-sustainability-top-global-trade-group-agenda_49461.html January 31, 2013
Strike action at Sabic's plant at Geleen, in the region of Limburg, Netherlands, commenced today, and operations at the site's production plants are being wound down, Sabic says...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Strike-at-Sabics-Geleen-site-causes-progressive-halt-of-operations_49470.html January 31, 2013
BASF says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Pronova BioPharma (Lysaker, Norway), a pioneer in the fields of researching, developing, and manufacturing omega-3...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-completes-acquisition-of-Pronova-BioPharma_49465.html January 30, 2013
Agrium, Mosaic, and PotashCorp say they will pay a total of $97.5 million to settle class-action antitrust claims filed in 2008 by direct and indirect potash buyers. Mosaic and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Fertilizer-firms-settle-antitrust-claims-for-$97-5-million_49452.html January 30, 2013
Oxis Energy (Abingdon, UK) and GP Batteries International (Singapore) today announced a joint manufacturing agreement to accelerate the commercialization of Oxis’s proprietary...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Oxis-Energy-and-GP-Batteries-to-commercialize-breakthrough-Li-S-battery-systems_49432.html January 30, 2013
BASF Shanghai Coatings, a joint venture between BASF China—a subsidiary of BASF—and Shanghai Coatings, has broken ground on a project to build an additional automotive...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-breaks-ground-on-automotive-coatings-expansion-in-China_49443.html January 30, 2013
ThyssenKrupp Uhde says it has been awarded a turnkey contract by Bandirma Gübre Fabrikalari (Bandirma, Turkey) to build a fertilizer complex. The new facility will be integrated...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Uhde-awarded-large-fertilizer-plant-contract-in-Turkey_49444.html January 30, 2013
Johnson Matthey reported a 2% year-on-year (YOY) decrease in group sales, excluding precious metals, to £635 million ($998 million), for its fiscal third quarter ended 31...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Johnson-Matthey-reports-lower-quarterly-sales_49439.html January 30, 2013
Borealis announced major investment projects today at its manufacturing plants at Stenungsund, Sweden; and Porvoo, Finland. The investments, with a combined expenditure in excess of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Borealis-announces-&euro45-million-investment-at-sites-in-Sweden-Finland_49441.html January 30, 2013
Distributor IMCD Group (Rotterdam) says it has acquired 100% of the shares of Chemimpo South Africa (Johannesburg), through its subsidiary IMCD South Africa. The two companies will...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/IMCD-acquires-specialties-distributor-in-South-Africa_49437.html January 30, 2013
Employees at Sabic Europe's Geleen, Netherlands, complex have launched strike actions after talks between management and the FNV trade union on 28 January failed to reach an agreement...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Labor-dispute-threatens-operations-at-Sabics-Geleen-site-reports-say_49436.html January 29, 2013
BASF’s Plant Science business sector announced several changes in its platform, which the company says is aimed to strengthen its focus on plant biotechnology solutions to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-Plant-Science-reformulates-platform-ends-enhanced-corn-research_49415.html January 29, 2013
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) prices in Europe, despite lackluster demand, are being supported by bullish sentiment in Asian feedstock markets as well as high naphtha prices, IHS...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-PET-prices-supported-by-strong-Asian-feedstocks_49414.html January 29, 2013
African Potash (London), a company listed on London's AIM exchange, has reentered into an agreement to acquire an indirect 70% interest in Société des Potasses et des...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/African-Potash-signs-agreement-to-acquire-potash-asset-in-the-Republic-of-the-Congo_49410.html January 29, 2013
Advanced Petrochemical Co. (Advanced; Al Jubail) has pulled out of a $1-billion propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene (PP) project in Turkey, CW has learned. The plan, first...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Advanced-Petrochemical-pulls-out-of-Turkish-PP-project-Bayegan-seeks-new-partners_49402.html January 29, 2013
Dow Chemical says that it has signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) with DowAksa Advanced Composites (Istanbul), Rusnano (Moscow), and Holding Company Composite (HCC; Moscow) to develop...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/eastern_europe/russia/Dow-DowAksa-Rusnano-and-HCC-sign-deal-to-produce-carbon-fiber-intermediates-in-Russia_49398.html |
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