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April 30, 2013
FMC today reported first-quarter net income up 10% year-on-year (YOY), to $130.9 million, on sales up 5%, to $990.2 million. Excluding special charges, adjusted earnings totaled...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/FMC-earnings-rise-on-solid-ag-biopolymers-results_51618.html April 30, 2013
Biobased isobutanol firm Gevo (Englewood, CO) reported a net loss of $18.4 million (45 cts/share) for its fiscal first-quarter ended 31 March, compared with a net loss of $19.3 million...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Gevo-posts-net-loss-on-track-for-Luverne-restart-in-2013_51619.html April 30, 2013
Biobased farnesene producer Amyris (Emeryville, CA) reported a net loss of $32.3 million for its fiscal first-quarter ended 31 March compared with a net loss of $94.9 million in the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Amyris-sales-slide-73-percent-on-shelving-of-biofuels_51616.html April 30, 2013
Canergy, an advanced biofuels company based in Brawley, CA, says it has chosen Beta Renewables's Proesa process technology for an Imperial Valley, CA, cellulosic biofuels facility...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Canergy-chooses-Proesa-process-technology-for-California-biofuels-plant_51614.html April 30, 2013
Rockwood Holdings reports net income of $18.9 million, down 75% from the year-ago quarter because of lower margins in titanium dioxide (TiO2) as well as charges related to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Rockwood-earnings-fall-on-weak-titanium-dioxide_51606.html April 30, 2013
Huntsman on Tuesday reported a net loss of $24 million due mainly to a charge related to early repayment of debt compared with net income of $163 million in the year-ago quarter...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Huntsman-first-quarter-adjusted-earnings-fall-75-percent_51605.html April 30, 2013
Stepan (Northfield, IL) reports a drop in earnings and sales for the first quarter 2013. The company's net income of $19 million decreased 15% year-on-year (YOY) because of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Stepan-reports-drop-in-earnings-on-low-volumes_51601.html April 30, 2013
Ecolab’s first-quarter net income rose 221% year-on-year (YOY), to $159.6 million, on sales up 2%, to $2.87 billion. Excluding special charges—which had a major impact in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Ecolab-earnings-rise-on-margin-gains_51600.html April 30, 2013
Stepan says it has reached an agreement with Bayer MaterialScience to acquire the North American polyester resins business, including a production facility located at Columbus...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Stepan-to-acquire-Bayers-North-American-polyester-resins-business-Updated_51594.html April 30, 2013
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, WI) chemists have identified an approach to using oxygen gas to convert lignin, a by-product of biofuel production, into a form...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/U-of-Wisconsin-Madison-researchers-identify-way-to-transform-biomass-waste-into-biobased-chemical-feedstock_51589.html April 30, 2013
Air Products announced it has received a liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchanger order for a liquefaction project at Lusby, MD. The company will supply its LNG liquefaction...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Air-Products-to-supply-LNG-exchanger-for-Cove-Point-liquefaction-project-in-Maryland_51566.html April 29, 2013
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) and Amyris (Emeryville, CA) says they have agreed to a multi-year collaboration to jointly develop and commercialize a set of biobased...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/IFF-Amyris-sign-biobased-fragrance-ingredients-pact_51582.html April 29, 2013
MACROECONOMIC STATUS Our running tab of positive indicators rose by one to 15 out of 20 this week. Thus, we continue to post a green banner. Existing home sales down 0.6%; up 10.3%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/ACCs-economic-outlook-for-the-week-ended-26-April-2013_51565.html April 29, 2013
KMG Chemicals has agreed to acquire OM Group’s electronic chemicals business in a $60-million deal, the company says. The business, known within OM Group as ultrapure chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/KMG-to-acquire-OM-Groups-electronic-chemicals-business_51564.html April 29, 2013
Late winter snow helped sales and earnings for Compass Minerals, which reported several increases today in its first-quarter results. Net income grew 16% year-on-year (YOY), to $46.6...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Compass-Minerals-reports-sales-surge-due-to-late-winter-snow_51561.html April 29, 2013
Potash Minerals (West Perth, Australia) has been awarded a potash exploration permit for its K2O Utah Hatch Point exploration project by the US Bureau of Land Management (Washington)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Australias-Potash-Minerals-awarded-exploration-permit-for-Utah-project_51552.html April 29, 2013
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME; Chicago) has launched nine new futures contracts for Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN), the group has announced. The new RINs contracts...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Chicago-Mercantile-Exchange-to-launch-9-new-biofuel-futures-contracts_51550.html April 29, 2013
Bayer HealthCare has signed a merger agreement with Conceptus (Mountain View; CA), the developer of the Essure procedure—a leading nonsurgical, permanent birth-control...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Bayer-to-acquire-birth-control-firm-Conceptus-for-$1-1-billion_51545.html April 26, 2013
The catastrophic explosion at a Texas fertilizer facility has raised renewed concerns about plant safety....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Texas-fertilizer-disaster-raises-safety-regulatory-concerns_51489.html April 26, 2013
Specialty chemical makers generally posted earnings declines as economic weakness dragged down results. Coatings makers were an exception, as the rebound in the North American...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Specialty-earnings-mostly-down-on-soft-economy_51488.html |
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