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October 20, 2008
Imerys to Close U.K. Unit Amid High Costs, Slow Demand
Imerys Pigments for Paper, a unit of Imerys, says it plans to close its ground calcium carbonate facility at Salisbury, U.K. by early 2009, amid rising production costs and slowing...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/14860.html
August 19, 2008
Ciba Evaluates Plans for Paper Chemicals, Publishing Inks Businesses; Plans JV and Acquisitions for Plastic Additives and Coatings Effects
Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it is evaluating options for its paper business and its publication inks business. The company says it is also in the process of planning a joint venture...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/13701.html
July 14, 2008
Imerys Restructures Georgia Unit; Suppliers Boost Prices Further
Imerys Pigments for Paper North America, a unit of Imerys, says it is restructuring its Middle Georgia kaolin operations at Sandersville, GA, amid slowing demand in the North American...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/12981.html
July 11, 2008
Ashland to Buy Hercules for $3.3 Billion
Ashland has agreed to buy Hercules for $3.3 billion, valued at $23.01/share.  Ashland will create three core specialty chemical businesses from the deal: specialty additives and...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/12929.html
June 30, 2008
AllessaChemie Enjoys Rapid Growth Trajectory, Develops Novel R&D Model
AllessaChemie (Frankfurt), Europe’s largest privately owned toll manufacturer of non-GMP specialty chemicals, told CW at the recently held Chemspec Europe expo in...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/12777.html
May 9, 2008
AkzoNobel to Buy Silica Sol Unit; Organic Peroxide Lines
AkzoNobel says it has signed two agreements to acquire specialty chemical businesses in Europe and Asia. Akzo says its Eka Chemicals pulp and paper chemicals business has agreed to buy...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/11854.html
April 10, 2008
Clariant will be More Active in M&A
Clariant says it will participate in the chemical industry's consolidation with a more active management of its portfolio, especially in areas where its markets are dominated by...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/11339.html
April 7, 2008
Private Equity Firm to Buy J.M. Huber’s Kaolin Business
Private equity firm IMin Partners (Fort Worth, TX) says it has agreed to acquire the kaolin business of J.M. Huber’s Huber Engineered...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/11208.html
February 14, 2008
Kemira Announces Restructuring Initiative
Kemira has announced a restructuring plan to improve its profitability. The plan includes aligning its pulp and paper and water treatment...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/10329.html
February 6, 2008
Kemira Reports a Fourth-Quarter Loss
Kemira reported a fourth-quarter 2007 net loss of €46 million ($62 million), compared to earnings of €7.7 million, on sales down 2%, to €654.4 million. Operating losses were...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/10225.html
February 4, 2008
Asia and Latin America Lead Paper Chemical Growth
Asia and Latin America continue to exceed the rest of the world in pulp and paper chemical demand growth in terms of volume, according to preliminary findings in a report from the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/10145.html
February 4, 2008
Paper Chemical
Paper chemical suppliers remain optimistic that this will be a good year for some sectors as there are factors in place that should stir demand in the downstream market. This includes...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/10180.html
December 21, 2007
Kemira Exits Japanese H2O2 Venture
Kemira says it is selling its 50% stake in Kemira-Ube, a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production joint venture, to its partner Ube Industries. Ube says it will form a new jv with...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/9521.html
December 19, 2007
Paper and Water Treatment Chemical Prices Increase
Paper chemical and pigment producers have announced a round of price hikes, citing rising energy and raw material costs that have been climbing during the past six months. Nalco says...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/9423.html
November 14, 2007
National Starch Raises Papermaking Product Prices...
National Starch Papermaking Innovation, a unit of ICI’s National Starch and Chemical, says it will implement a double-digit price increase on its papermaking product line in...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/8828.html
October 3, 2007
Georgia-Pacific Licenses Paper Chemicals Technology in India
Georgia-Pacific Chemicals and Thermax Ltd (Pune, India) have signed a seven-year agreement, under which Georgia-Pacific will license its paper chemicals technology to Thermax. Products...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/8150.html
September 19, 2007
Akzo Nobel Enters Chlorine Dioxide Deal
Akzo Nobel’s Eka pulp and paper chemical business has agreed to supply chlorine dioxide production and take over the operation and maintenance of a bleaching chemicals plant at...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/7794.html
July 11, 2007
Arkema Plans Specialty Polymers, Additives Deals...
Le Hénaff: A more resilient company. Arkema says it plans to buy Coatex (Genay, France) from Omya Group (Oftrigen, Switzerland) for an undisclosed sum. Coatex primarily makes...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/6792.html
June 27, 2007
Akzo Nobel Is Ready to Grow Chemicals
Akzo Nobel says it is ready to grow its chemical business following a major reshaping of the business’s portfolio. The restructuring involved divestment of 16 businesses over the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/6699.html
May 23, 2007
Hexion Forms Russian Resins Venture
Hexion Specialty Chemicals and OAO Shchekinoazot (Pervomaiskii, Russia), an industrial chemicals producer, have formed a joint venture to produce resins...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/6439.html
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