Vopak, the leading tank storage company, posted a 17% increase in first-half net profits including exceptional items, to €107 million, on sales up 7%, to €454 million. Ebitda... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13930.html
Siegfried (Zofingen, Switzerland) posted a 33% increase in first-half Ebit, to SF28.5 million on sales up 1%, to SF160 million. Earnings benefited from the sale of a pharmaceuticals... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13850.html
Investment firm Denham Capital (Boston) says it will gain majority ownership of calcium chloride (CaCl2) and caustic soda producer CariSal (Port of Spain, Trinidad) through an equity... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13752.html
AkzoNobel says it has agreed to sell its Crown Paints decorative paints business in the U.K. and Ireland to private equity firm Endless Investments (Leeds, U.K.). Akzo has also agreed... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13757.html
Dow Water Solutions, a unit of Dow Chemical, says it will invest $88 million to expand its Edina water treatment facility, and a further $15 million to establish a global... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13770.html
BASF has widened the scope of the previously announced sale of its styrenics business and announced plans to reorganize its styrenics activities in preparation for divestment. The move... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13778.html
Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it is evaluating options for its underperforming paper chemical and its publication ink businesses, including a sale, joint ventures, and marketing and... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13779.html
DSM Biologics, a unit of DSM, says it has signed a biopharmaceutical manufacturing agreement with biotech firm MorphoSys (Martinsried, Germany). The deal calls for DSM to develop and... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13789.html
Roche says it has signed an agreement to sell worldwide rights of four of its pharmaceutical products to specialty pharma company Meda (Solna, Sweden) for a total of €120 million... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13790.html
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA; Brussels) has requested more information for certain flavoring substances, as part of its evaluation of flavoring additives used in the... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13794.html
Integration will be “the key critical success factor” for producers and consumers of aromatics and olefins during the next 10 years, given an uncertain demand outlook and... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13799.html
Pronova Biopharma (Lysaker, Norway) says it has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed third party manufacturer for the supply of pharmaceutical intermediates, which will enable... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13808.html
AkzoNobel says it has agreed to sell its Crown Paints decorative paints business in the U.K. and Ireland to Endless Investments (Leeds, U.K.), a private equity house. AkzoNobel has... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/13714.html
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/regions/western_europe/13701.html
Management has proposed a buyout of AkzoNobel’s Crown Paints for £70 million ($138 million), according to U.K. press reports. Howard Luft, Crown Paints managing director... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13606.html
Kemira says it may cut up to 300 jobs at its operations in Finland, 10% of its workforce there, as part of a worldwide cost-saving program. The plan targets annualized savings of more... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/13615.html
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