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April 25, 2012
Higher catalyst prices and construction chemical volumes offset lower engineered materials sales and lifted W.R. Grace’s quarterly results above expectations. The company posted...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/W-R-Grace-Profits-Jump-12-percent_42961.html April 20, 2012
Honeywell’s performance materials and technologies unit posted first-quarter segment profit of $319 million, a 12% gain from the year-ago quarter. Sales were up 19%, to $1.62 billion. UOP sales were up 40% from the prior-year quarter, Honeywell says....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/UOP-Lifts-Honeywells-Chemical-Results_42869.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 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 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 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
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 February 9, 2012
W.R. Grace says it has reorganized its businesses into three operating segments—Catalysts Technologies, Grace Materials Technologies and Grace Construction Products—to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Grace-Splits-Davison-Operating-Segment_41089.html January 9, 2012
Global demand for specialty chemicals is expected to grow 3.7% in 2012, after 3.5% growth last year, ACC says. “Gains in basic chemicals will slow in 2012 with specialties...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Specialty-Chemicals-Improvement-and-Challenges_40271.html January 5, 2012
OM Group (OMG; Cleveland, OH) has purchased Rahu Catalytics (Nottingham, UK), a developer of iron-ligand based chemistry for use in environmentally friendly coatings, composites and inks from Unilever’s venture capital unit...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/OM-Group-Acquires-Rahu-Catalytics_40156.html December 23, 2011
The light vehicle industry is a customer of growing importance for the chemical industry in North America, according to ACC's latest Chemistry and Light Vehicles report, released this...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Relationship-Between-Light-Vehicles-and-the-Chemical-Industry-Grows-Stronger_39967.html December 8, 2011
BASF is investing $20 million to upgrade its activated alumina adsorbent products plant at Vidalia, LA. The company will transfer all adsorbents capacity to Vidalia as part of the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/BASF-to-Upgrade-Consolidate-Adsorbents-Manufacturing_39566.html November 25, 2011
BASF says it will invest upward of €100 million ($133 million) in battery technology for vehicles during the next five years, including investment in R&D and the production of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/BASF-to-Invest-Upward-of-$133-Million-in-Battery-Technology-Create-Global-Business-Unit_39267.html November 15, 2011
Other than a handful of earnings reports and the usual small- to medium-sized acquisitions, specialty chemical firms have had a quiet two weeks. Late-reporting specialty firms, for the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Specialties-Snapshot-Nov-3-15_39055.html September 2, 2011
BASF has signed a long-term agreement with Lynas Corp. (Sydney) to secure a pre-determined supply of lanthanum, a rare earth element. Lanthanum is a key raw material used in the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/BASF-Secures-Rare-Earth-Supplies-for-Catalysts-Business_37345.html August 5, 2011
Advanced Refining Technologies (ART; Columbia, MD), a hydroprocessing catalyst joint venture equally owned by W.R. Grace and Chevron, says it has signed a deal with Kuwait Catalyst...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Grace-Chevron-JV-Expands-Relationship-with-Kuwaiti-Catalyst-Maker_36755.html July 26, 2011
W.R. Grace reported net income of $76 million in its fiscal second quarter ended June 30, 49% higher than the same year-ago period, on gains in pricing and emerging markets. ...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Graces-Income-Surges-Past-Estimates_36423.html June 22, 2011
Clariant has appointed Hans-Joachim Müller to its executive committee, effective July 1. Müller joins Clariant from Süd-Chemie, a company that Clariant has...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Clariant-Appoints-Hans-Joachim-Muller-to-Its-Executive-Committee_35669.html June 21, 2011
The U.S. market for petroleum and chemical catalysts is set to rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.5%, up from $4.1 billion in 2010 to more than $4.6 billion in 2015...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/U-S-Market-for-Petchem-Catalysts-to-be-Worth-$4-6-Billion-in-2015_35639.html June 2, 2011
Johnson Matthey reported net income for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 up 11%, to £182.7 million ($299.4 million), on sales up 27%, to £10 billion. Operating income...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/catalysts/Johnson-Mattheys-Profits-Rise-on-Improved-Demand_35238.html |
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