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April 5, 2012
RPM International reported fiscal third quarter earnings up five-fold from the year-ago period, to $6.6 million, or 5 cts/share, on sales up 14%, to $774 million. Earnings beat analyst...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/RPM-Earnings-Soar-Beat-Estimates_42514.html April 5, 2012
Solvay says it is developing, in partnership with Peróxidos do Brasil--a joint venture of Solvay and Produtos Quimicos Makay (Curitiba, Brazil)--a new concept of small...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Solvay-Codevelops-Small-Hydrogen-Peroxide-Units-for-on-Site-Production_42511.html April 3, 2012
H.C. Starck's Ebitda increased 90% for full year 2011, to €190 million ($253 million ), according to figures published by Reuters citing sources close to H.C. Starck...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/electronic_chemicals/H-C-Starck-Financial-Performance-Surges-in-2011-Owners-Mull-Sale-or-IPO_42320.html April 3, 2012
J.M. Huber (Atlanta) has purchased the hydrate flame retardant business of Almatis, Inc. (Bauxite, AR) for an undisclosed sum, the company says. The acquisition includes manufacturing...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/J-M-Huber-Buys-Flame-Retardants-Business_42455.html April 3, 2012
Honeywell's UOP subsidiary says it will invest $20 million to expand production at its Mobile, AL adsorbents and catalysts facility. The company will expand its capacity to produce...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/UOP-Expanding-Catalyst-Production-at-Mobile_42453.html April 3, 2012
Algae oils firm Solazyme (San Francisco) and Bunge say they have signed a definitive agreement to form a tailored oils joint venture at Bunge's Moema, Brazil facility. The site will...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/soap_and_detergents/Bunge-Solazyme-Form-Triglycerides-JV_42452.html March 29, 2012
W. R. Grace & Co. says it has entered into an agreement with Dow Chemical to develop new catalysts for polypropylene production. The catalysts, which use one of Dow’s...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Grace-and-Dow-Developing-PP-Catalyst_42376.html March 28, 2012
H.B. Fuller’s fiscal first-quarter net income rose 6% year-on-year, to $15.3 million, or 30 cts/share, on net revenue up 11%, to $375.3 million. Excluding charges related to the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/adhesives_and_sealants/H-B-Fuller-Net-Income-Rises-Beats-Estimates_42364.html March 28, 2012
Lux Research (Boston, MA), a market research group, states in a new report dubbed 'Searching for Innovations to Cut Li-ion Battery Costs' that the key to growing the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/electronic_chemicals/Study-Reducing-Li-ion-Battery-Costs-is-Key-to-Future-of-Electric-Vehicle-Market_42325.html March 27, 2012
Georgia Gulf and Galata Chemicals (Southbury, CT) say they are collaborating to develop flexible, biobased polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounds containing Galata's biobased Drapex Alpha...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/plastic_additives/Georgia-Gulf-Taps-Galata-for-Biobased-PVC-Plasticizers_42339.html March 26, 2012
Avantium (Amsterdam), a catalyst technology firm, and Danone, have agreed to jointly develop bottles made from bio-polyethylene furanoate (PEF). The partnership will use...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Avantium-and-Danone-Agree-to-Develop-Bio-PEF-Bottles_42282.html March 26, 2012
Dow Chemical says it plans to invest in a new manufacturing facility for its Dow Coating Materials business unit at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The planned facility will manufacture a range...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paints_and_coatings/Dow-to-Build-Coatings-Facility-in-Saudi-Arabia_42278.html March 22, 2012
W.R. Grace says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Al Dahra Agriculture (Abu Dhabi) to jointly build and operate a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Grace-Signs-MOU-for-FCC-Catalyst-Joint-Venture_42213.html March 21, 2012
General Chemical (Parsippany, NJ) has acquired Southern Water Consultants (SWC; Decatur, AL), a water treatment chemicals maker. The acquisition includes SWC’s manufacturing...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/water_treatment/General-Chemical-Buys-Water-Treatment-Firm_42194.html March 21, 2012
Evonik says it has expanded its hydroformylation catalysis research cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT; Rostock, Germany) and will set up a laboratory at...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Evonik-Expands-Catalyst-Partnership-with-Leibniz-Institute_42189.html March 21, 2012
Dow Chemical says it has opened an electronic materials R&D center near Seoul, Korea to advance technologies for displays and semiconductors. Dow did not disclose the cost of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/electronic_chemicals/Dow-Opens-Korean-Electronic-Materials-Lab_42172.html March 21, 2012
Air Products says it has signed a joint research and development (R&D) agreement with South China University of Technology (SCUT; Guangzhou, China) on water purification...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/water_treatment/Air-Products-and-Chinese-University-Sign-R-and-D-Agreement-for-Water-Purification-Technology_42150.html March 20, 2012
Omnova’s net income for the fiscal first-quarter totaled $12.7 million, or 28 cts/share, compared with $1 million, or 2 cts/share, in the year-ago period. Omnova’s fiscal...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Omnova-Net-Income-Soars_42147.html March 20, 2012
JPS Industries (Greenville, SC), a maker of urethane films, has retained the investment bank Houlihan Lokey to explore “strategic alternatives,” including a possible sale...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/plastic_additives/Urethane-Films-Maker-Exploring-Sale_42116.html March 20, 2012
Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals Hitech (St. Louis, MO), the electronic chemicals business of Sigma-Aldrich, has expanded its production of materials for making high-brightness light...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/electronic_chemicals/Sigma-Aldrich-Expands-LED-Capacity-in-Taiwan_42120.html |
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