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April 17, 2013
Moderate economic growth in North America is supporting credit ratings at US and Canadian chemicals companies, according to credit ratings service Standard & Poor’s (S&P...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/S-and-P-Chemicals-credit-quality-supported-by-economic-growth_51262.html
April 17, 2013
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has urged the Office of Budget Management (OMB) to exercise its oversight role to ensure that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) applies the peer-review process for its Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) report on phthalates following its de novo scientific review....
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/ACC-calls-for-peer-review-of-pending-phthalates-study_51261.html
April 17, 2013
Intrepid Potash announced today its preliminary production results for the first quarter 2013, ended 31 March, with potash production expected to reach between 215,000 and 225,000...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Intrepid-Potash-reports-preliminary-first-quarter-production-results_51259.html
April 17, 2013
NexSteppe (Malibu, CA), an energy crop firm backed by DuPont, says it has launched its first sorghum hybrid products in the United States and Brazil. The company says its Malibu sweet...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/NexSteppe-launches-sorghum-hybrid_51242.html
April 17, 2013
Connecticut lawmakers are set to vote today on a bill requiring food packaging products containing bisphenol A (BPA) be labeled. Senate Bill 16, sponsored by State Senator Beth Bye...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Connecticut-lawmakers-vote-on-bill-requiring-BPA-labels-on-food-packaging_51245.html
April 17, 2013
BASF and Promega (Madison, WI), a provider of solutions and technical support to the life sciences industry, have jointly developed an alternative method to animal studies that can...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Promega-and-BASF-develop-alternative-method-to-identify-allergenic-substances_51229.html
April 16, 2013
Cobalt Technologies (Mountain View, CA), a developer of biobased chemicals, says it has completed production of over 100,000 liters of n-butanol at fermentation scale. This surpasses...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Cobalt-completes-successful-butanol-production-run_51208.html
April 16, 2013
Under the terms of the deal, Monsanto will provide Bayer CropScience with a royalty-bearing license to Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield and Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend technology in soybeans in the United States and Canada....
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Monsanto-and-Bayer-CropScience-cross-license-soybean-traits_51211.html
April 16, 2013
Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a three-year process engineering contract to supply services at BASF's integrated chemicals complex at Antwerp, Jacobs announced today. Jacobs...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Jacobs-awarded-process-engineering-contract-for-BASF-Antwerp-site_51209.html
April 16, 2013
DuPont Nutrition & Health is expanding its microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) offering through an extended agreement with Mingtai Chemical (Bade City, Taiwan), one of the...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/DuPont-signs-deal-with-Taiwanese-firm-for-microcrystalline-cellulose_51202.html
April 16, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries and Phillips 66 have separately announced plans to add natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation capacity at sites in Texas. LyondellBasell says TexStar...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/LyondellBasell-Phillips-66-plan-new-NGL-fractionation-capacity-in-Texas_51139.html
April 16, 2013
Ecolab last week closed on its $2.3-billion acquisition of Champion Technologies. The company secured US antitrust approval for the deal when it agreed to sell a Champion chemical...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Ecolab-closes-Champion-deal-to-sell-deepwater-unit-to-Clariant_51109.html
April 15, 2013
PPG Industries has completed the $1.05-billion purchase of AkzoNobel’s North American architectural coatings business. The acquired business had 2012 sales of €1.19 billion...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/PPG-completes-AkzoNobel-decorative-coatings-acquisition_51140.html
April 15, 2013
Apollo Management says it plans to sell 15.8 million shares, roughly a 24% stake, in amines producer Taminco as part of a planned initial public offering (IPO). The offering is being...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Taminco-seeks-to-raise-$300-million-from-IPO_51110.html
April 15, 2013
Cytec has closed the $1.15-billion sale of its coating resins business to private equity firm Advent International (New York). The deal, which was announced in October, completed a...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Cytec-closes-sale-of-coating-resins-business-to-private-equity-firm_51117.html
April 15, 2013
Huntsman CEO Peter Huntsman says the company will continue its push downstream to “derivatize” more of its output while expanding in the United States to take advantage of competitive natural gas prices....
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Huntsman-continues-downstream-push-US-investment-builds-as-gas-costs-drop_51142.html
April 15, 2013
Longtime Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)–reform advocate Senator Frank Lautenberg (D., NJ) last week reintroduced the Safe Chemicals Act, the latest version of a bill aimed...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Lautenberg-reintroduces-Safe-Chemicals-Act-ACC-expects-more-industry-friendly-bill-soon_51129.html
April 15, 2013
W. R. Grace says it has acquired Chemind Construction Products (Brisbane, Australia), a privately held specialty manufacturer and distributor of waterproofing coatings technologies and...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Grace-buys-Chemind_51128.html
April 15, 2013
Evonik in North America is traveling around the United States to display its Wind Explorer 200-lb lightweight electric vehicle after recently completing a nearly 3,000-mile trip across...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/-debuts-electric-car_51127.html
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