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December 22, 2008
Albemarle Targets Cost Savings
Albemarle said Friday that it intends to cut annualized costs by about $40 million next year in response to the difficult economic environment. "Given the challenges of the global...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/16067.html
December 8, 2008
Global Catalyst Demand to Rise
Global demand for catalysts is forecast to increase nearly 6%/year, to $16.3 billion by 2012, says a recent report by The Freedonia Group (Cleveland). Volumes are expected to grow...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/15747.html
November 26, 2008
Johnson Matthey Completes Sale of Ceramic Insulator and Alumina Businesses
Johnson Matthey said earlier today that it has completed the sale of its ceramic insulators and alumina businesses in Germany, Poland and Romania to Lapp Insulator (Le Roy, NY) for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/15609.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
June 11, 2008
Evonik Closes Orthoesters Plant in Germany
Evonik Industries says it will discontinue production of orthoesters at its Niederkassel, Germany plant in the third quarter of this year, due to overcapacity, high raw...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/12389.html
June 4, 2008
Süd-Chemie Brings Catalyst Plant Online in Qatar
Süd-Chemie says it has started up its new catalysts facility at Mesaieed, Qatar. The company invested in the “low double-digit million euros” in the new facility. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/12308.html
April 21, 2008
Positive Outlook for Süd-Chemie through 2009
Specialty chemicals firm Süd-Chemie (Munich) has recorded a 21% hike in Ebit to €101 million in 2007, compared with the year-ago period, on corresponding sales up 7% to...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/11499.html
January 29, 2008
W.R. Grace Opens Regional Head Office in Dubai
W.R. Grace has opened a regional head office in Dubai. The office houses employees from multiple Grace product lines and provides a central resource for customers in the region...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/10081.html
December 20, 2007
DSM Buys into Plastics Derived from Carbon Dioxide
DSM’s venture capital arm DSM Venturing says it has made an unspecified investment in Novomer (Ithaca, New York), a materials technology start-up. Novomer is developing a...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/9510.html
December 10, 2007
Johnson Matthey to Buy Catalyst Maker Argillon
Johnson Matthey says it has signed an agreement to buy catalysts company Argillon Group (Redwitz, Germany) for €214 million ($313.8 million) in cash from Ceramics Luxembourg, a...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/9326.html
November 16, 2007
Albemarle Doubles Polymer Catalyst Capacity at Baton Rouge
Albemarle says it will invest $15 million to build a new catalyst manufacturing unit at its Baton Rouge facility in...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/8997.html
October 22, 2007
Albemarle Earnings Decline on Weakness in Polymer Additives
Albemarle reported third-quarter net income of $59.1 million (61 cts/share) after market close on Monday, a slight decline compared to $60.7 million (62 cts/share) before one-time...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/8471.html
September 25, 2007
Süd-Chemie Builds Presence in White Biotech
Süd-Chemie (Munich, Germany) says it is steadily building its R&D effort in biotechnology for industrial applications, and that long term it plans to develop white biotech...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/8012.html
September 17, 2007
Süd-Chemie Plans Expansion in China
Süd-Chemie plans to invest €100 million ($139 million) in China over the next 2-3 years, CEO Guenter von Au says. Speaking at CW's 13th annual China Chemical Industry...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/7730.html
August 30, 2007
BASF Ups Auto Catalysts Capacity in China and India
BASF will double automotive catalyst capacity at its Shanghai facility and triple capacity at Chennai, India. BASF says it will also upgrade the two facilities to allow catalysts...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/7362.html
May 23, 2007
BASF Boosts FCC Capacity at Georgia
BASF Catalysts (Iselin, NJ) says it will expand production plants at Savannah, GA and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/6434.html












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