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April 26, 2013
Minerals Technologies today reported first-quarter net income up 4% year-on-year (YOY), to $18.8 million, on sales down 2%, to $251.3 million. Earnings totaled 53 cts/share, slightly...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Minerals-Technologies-earnings-rise-4-percent_51531.html April 26, 2013
Georgia-Pacific (Atlanta) plans to acquire Buckeye Technologies (Memphis, TN) in a $1.5-billion deal including debt, the companies have announced. The transaction will result in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Georgia-Pacific-to-acquire-chemical-cellulose-manufacturer-in-$1-5-billion-deal_51518.html April 23, 2013
BASF today announced plans to restructure its performance products segment, including 500 job cuts worldwide by end-2015. The businesses affected are mainly former Ciba Specialty...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/BASF-deepens-restructuring-of-performance-products-with-500-job-cuts_51361.html March 28, 2013
Clariant Chemicals India (Mumbai) says its board of directors, on 26 March, approved a proposal to divest its textile chemicals, paper specialties, and emulsion products businesses...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Clariant-India-subsidiary-to-sell-three-businesses_50784.html February 7, 2013
Kemira’s revenue increased 3%, to €558.5 million ($755.4 million) during the fourth quarter of 2012, mainly because of continued sales volumes growth, especially in the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Kemiras-fourth-quarter-revenue-up-3-percent_49604.html February 6, 2013
Wacker Chemie has launched production at an additional plant for vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) copolymer dispersions at its Ulsan facility, in South Korea, the company...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Wacker-launches-production-at-expanded-VAE-dispersions-plant-in-Korea_49598.html January 25, 2013
SNF Floerger (Andrézieux, France) has begun production at its first quaternized monomer plant in China. The unit, at Taixing, has capacity for 15,000 m.t./year of monomer and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/SNF-Floerger-starts-up-quaternized-monomer-plant-in-China_49342.html January 22, 2013
Omnova’s fiscal fourth-quarter net income from continuing operations fell 81% year-on-year (YOY), to $1.2 million, the company says. This excludes Omnova’s wall covering...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Omnova-earnings-fall-short-of-estimates-as-sales-decline_49194.html January 17, 2013
BASF and Zelfo Technology (Joachimsthal, Germany) say they have signed an agreement for the transfer of intellectual property rights of the latest Zelfo processing technology for the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/BASF-collaborates-with-German-firm-on-micro-fibrillated-cellulose_49038.html December 4, 2012
Imerys has announced a price increase for kaolin, effective 1 January. Kaolin is produced in the United States and Brazil, including calcined kaolin products, will increase by...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Imerys-increases-kaolin-prices_48138.html November 19, 2012
BASF says it will expand production at its Chattanooga, TN, emulsion polymers plant, adding capability for production of styrene-acrylic (SA) emulsion polymers. The expanded plant...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/BASF-to-expand-emulsions-at-plant-at-Chattanooga-TN_47824.html July 25, 2012
Easing supply and recent price weakness in titanium dioxide (TiO2) is raising questions about whether the market has hit a short-term correction or whether there is cause of concern...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Titanium-Dioxide-Weakness-Sparks-Concern-About-Outlook_45103.html June 27, 2012
Buckman (Memphis, TN) has been presented with the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award from the EPA for its “maximyze” enzymes. The enzymes, comprised of natural...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Buckman-Wins-Presidential-Green-Chemistry-Award-for-Paper-Production-Enzymes_44511.html May 11, 2012
Ecolab subsidiary Nalco will be constructing a dry polymer production facility at its 220-acre complex in Garyville, LA. The 300,000 sq.ft facility will increase size of the complex to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Nalco-Announces-Construction-of-Dry-Polymer-Facility_43404.html May 11, 2012
Celanese announced a price increase of its polymer emulsions sold in Europe, Africa, and the Mideast to €80/m.t. ($104/m.t.), effective June 1. The increase includes all vinyl...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Celanese-Announces-Price-Increase-in-Polymer-Emulsions_43405.html May 3, 2012
Protex International (Paris), a privately owned global specialty chemicals company, predicts it will drive up sales by a double-digit percentage level this year despite the mixed...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/Protex-International-On-a-Path-to-Growth_43194.html April 11, 2012
BASF says it will spend €150 million ($197 million) building a new manufacturing site at Dahej, on the west coast of India, which will include facilities for producing...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/BASF-to-Invest-&euro150-Million-in-New-Manufacturing-Site-at-Dahej-India_42623.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 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 February 1, 2012
AkzoNobel says its Eka Chemicals subsidiary plans to invest €80 million ($105 million) in the construction of a new pulp "chemical island" facility in Brazil. Eka...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/paper_chemicals/AkzoNobel-Invests-in-Plant-to-Supply-New-Pulp-Mill-in-Brazil_40953.html |
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