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May 23, 2013
Bayer says that Johannes Schubmehl has been appointed chief information officer (CIO) of Bayer HealthCare effective 1 May 2013. He succeeded Matthias Moritz, who left the com Johannes...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/Bayer-HealthCare-appoints-new-chief-information-officer_52253.html
May 22, 2013
The supervisory board also authorized an interim dividend of 50 cts/share, an increase of 25% over the company's first quarter 2013 interim dividend....
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/LyondellBasell-to-repurchase-up-to-10-percent-of-outstanding-stock-hikes-dividend_52248.html
May 22, 2013
The project includes a refinery upgrading complex and a plant for converting refinery fuel gases into petrochemical feedstock....
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Total-plans-&euro1-billion-modernization-of-Antwerp-facilities_52247.html
May 22, 2013
Oxea announced that it has successfully started operations at its new carboxylic acids plant at Oberhausen, Germany—boosting the company’s carboxylic acid production...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Oxea-starts-operations-at-German-carboxylic-acids-plant_52246.html
May 22, 2013
The European Union will impose provisional antidumping duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia, according to various media reports. Argentinean biodiesel will face a...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/EU-to-impose-dumping-duties-on-biodiesel-from-Argentina-Indonesia_52234.html
May 22, 2013
FDA issued a warning letter earlier this month to the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished pharmaceutical manufacturing facility Boehringer Ingelheim (Ingelheim am...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/FDA-issues-warning-letter-to-Boehringer-Ingelheim-API-plant_52231.html
May 22, 2013
The European Union decided during a plenary session at Strasbourg, France, to let lapse a set of antidumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate (PET), imposed in 2000 on product...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Report-EU-lets-antidumping-duties-lapse-on-PET-from-5-Asian-countries-renews-antisubsidy-duty-on-PET-from-India_52232.html
May 22, 2013
Celanese says it plans to launch a sale process for its acetic anhydride plant at Roussillon, France, and its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant at Tarragona, Spain. Celanese says it is...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Celanese-puts-2-acetyl-plants-in-Europe-up-for-sale_52235.html
May 22, 2013
Elix Polymers (Tarragona, Spain) has signed an agreement with Velox (Hamburg) for the distribution of Elix's acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and styrene acrylonitrile...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Elix-Polymers-signs-ABS-distribution-agreement-with-Velox_52233.html
May 22, 2013
Specialty chemicals and advanced materials firm Rockwood Holdings' (Princeton, NJ) sale of certain business units has attracted interest from various private equity suitors, according...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Reports-Rockwoods-divestment-of-noncore-assets-sparks-private-equity-interest_52229.html
May 22, 2013
Novo A/S (Hellerup, Denmark), parent of pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk (Bagsvaerd, Denmark), has acquired Xellia Pharmaceuticals (Oslo) from private equity firm 3i (London) for an...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Denmarks-Novo-acquires-Xellia-Pharmaceuticals-in-$700-million-deal_52226.html
May 22, 2013
Members of the European Parliament have agreed in a nonlegislative resolution that the European Union needs a fixed target for the share of renewables in the overall energy mix by...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/EU-needs-fixed-target-for-renewables-in-the-energy-mix-by-2030-parliament-says_52223.html
May 22, 2013
Mitsubishi Plastics (Tokyo) says that it has acquired a 50% stake in Aquamit (Amsterdam) from the Quadrant Founders Group, and that Aquamit became a wholly owned subsidiary of...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/Mitsubishi-Plastics-acquires-full-ownership-of-engineering-plastics-business_52220.html
May 21, 2013
Our cover story this week shows how the traditional resilience of the distribution sector is being tested by the recession in Europe (p. 23)...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Distribution-slows_52109.html
May 21, 2013
Dynea (Helsinki) has formed a company, Dynea North (Lillestrøm, Norway), focused on the specialty wood adhesives market in Europe. The new firm includes Dynea assets in Norway...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Dynea-forms-new-unit_52105.html
May 21, 2013
Specialty hydrocarbons producer Haltermann Holding (Hamburg) has completed the acquisition of Petrochem Carless (Leatherhead, UK), a refiner and producer of hydrocarbon chemicals...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Haltermann-deal-closes_52104.html
May 21, 2013
Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a three-year process engineering contract to supply services at BASF’s Antwerp complex. Jacobs, under the terms of the deal, is providing...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-hires-Jacobs_52103.html
May 21, 2013
Lanxess reports first-quarter sales of €2.1 billion ($2.7 billion), a 12% decline year-on-year, and a pre-exceptional Ebitda of €174 million, a fall of 53%. The company, as...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Lanxess-earnings-drop-cost-cutting-planned_52100.html
May 21, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries says it will close a 100,000-m.t./year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit at Wesseling, Germany, in the third quarter....
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/LyondellBasell-to-close-HDPE-unit-in-Germany_52099.html
May 21, 2013
Kemira has announced several major restructuring measures and issued profitability and sales targets for 2016. The measures are in addition to the company’s Fit for Growth...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Kemira-plans-further-restructuring-announces-financial-targets-for-2016_52095.html
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