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October 6, 2008
Adhesives and Sealants
The Weak European and U.S. economies, high raw material costs, and a sustained slump in the U.S. automotive and housing and construction markets are hurting many players in the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/adhesives_and_sealants/14623.html
October 6, 2008
Trade Commission Delivers Bitter Pill to Splenda Makers
Tate & Lyle (London) and McNeil Nutritionals (Fort Washington, PA) are facing challenges regarding the sucralose sweetener, trade named Splenda, which Tate & Lyle makes for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/food_additives/14630.html
October 6, 2008
PPG Acquires Chinese Auto Refinish Coatings Business
PPG Industries says it has acquired the automotive refinish coatings business of Bonny Coating-Made Co. (Guangzhou, China). Terms were not disclosed. The deal includes customer lists...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14592.html
October 6, 2008
R&H Opens Singapore Lab
Rohm and Haas (R&H) says it has opened a technical laboratory...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14632.html
October 6, 2008
Asian Coatings Demand to Rise
Coatings demand in Asia keeps rising and totaled 21.4 million lbs last year, worth $29.5 billion, says a new study by Kusumgar, Nerlfi &...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14634.html
September 29, 2008
PPG to Close Several Coatings and Glass Plants
PPG Industries says it will close several Canadian, European, and U.S. manufacturing units as part of a reorganization plan that is expected to yield about $100 million in pretax...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14451.html
September 29, 2008
PPG Agrees to Buy BASF’s Coil and Extrusion Coatings Unit
PPG Industries says it has reached an agreement to acquire BASF’s North American coil and extrusion coatings business. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal includes...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14454.html
September 29, 2008
Genencor and Huntsman to Develop Bio-Based Textiles
Danisco’s Genencor says it has entered into an agreement with Huntsman to develop bio-based processes for textile production, a deal that comes on the heels of Genencor’s...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/textile_chemicals/14455.html
September 25, 2008
PPG Agrees to Buy BASF's Coil and Extrusion Coatings Business
PPG says it has reached an agreement to acquire BASF's North American coil and extrusion coatings (COEX) business. Financial terms were not disclosed.  BASF  operates...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14417.html
September 24, 2008
Chemical Alternative to Carbon Capture and Storage Emerges from U.K. Lab 
Chemists at Newcastle University (Newcastle, U.K.) say they are progressing “extremely well” and may now be about four years from commercializing an energy-efficient...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/14399.html
September 24, 2008
PPG Closing Several Coatings and Glass Plants
PPG says it will rclose several U.S., Canadian, and European manufacturing units in a reoganization plan that is expected to yield approximately $100 million in pretax annual cost...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14400.html
September 23, 2008
Genencor and Huntsman to Develop Bio-based Textiles
Just one week after signing a major deal to co-develop bio-based isoprene with Goodyear, Genencor has announced that it has signed an agreement with Huntsman to co-develop...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/textile_chemicals/14384.html
September 22, 2008
ADM and PolyOne to Develop Bio-Based Plasticizers 
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and specialized polymer materials manufacturer PolyOne Corporation (Cleveland, OH) will collaborate on the development of bio-based plasticizers for use in...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/plastic_additives/14365.html
September 22, 2008
Textile Inkmaker Tackles Phthalates Ban
The recently passed U.S. law banning the use of six phthalates in products intended for children under the age of 12 has begun to affect portions of the specialty chemical sector...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/printinginks/14336.html
September 19, 2008
Bayer Material Science Declares Force Majeure at Baytown
Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products produced by its polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, specialties; polycarbonates; and inorganic chemicals business...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/14296.html
September 16, 2008
Genencor and Goodyear to Spend More than $50 Million Codeveloping Bio-isoprene Process
Danisco’s enzymes technology division Genencor and tire and rubber producer Goodyear today disclosed that they will collaborate on a major project to develop a process for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/rubber_processing_chemicals/14245.html
September 15, 2008
Dow Corning, Elevance Ink Development Deal
Dow Corning and Elevance Renewable Sciences (Lisle, IL) have signed joint development and marketing agreements to create a line of naturally derived ingredients for personal care...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/14203.html
September 15, 2008
Arch to Acquire Rockwood’s Water Treatment Unit
Arch Chemicals says it has agreed to acquire water treatment chemicals producer Advantis Technologies (Alpharetta, GA), a subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, for $130 million in cash...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/water_treatment/14176.html
September 2, 2008
Warwick International Bought by Management
Close Brothers Private Equity (CBPE) says it has backed the management of Warwick International (Mostyn, U.K.) to acquire Warwick from its parent Sequa Corporation (New York) in a deal...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/soap_and_detergents/13956.html
August 28, 2008
Ciba Forms Mideast Plastic Additives JV
Ciba Specialty Chemicals has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with Astra Polymers to produce and sell customer-specific antioxidant blends to customers in the Mideast. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/plastic_additives/13925.html
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