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March 21, 2013
Dérivés Résiniques & Terpéniques (DRT; Dax, France), a company that specializes in the development of rosin and turpentine extracted from pine resin...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/DRT-acquires-acrolein-based-intermediates-maker_50671.html March 21, 2013
The UK chemical industry has welcomed a package of measures announced by the UK government to boost the country's fledgling shale gas industry. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/UK-chemical-industry-welcomes-government-boost-to-shale-gas-development_50667.html March 21, 2013
Lanxess provided more information this morning about the company's performance last year and warned that first-quarter 2013 earnings will be substantially lower than in the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Lanxess-forecasts-strong-2013-despite-lower-first-quarter-Ebitda-reshapes-Saltigo_50665.html March 21, 2013
Brenntag posted a 21% increase in 2012 profit after taxes, to €338 million ($436 million), on sales up 12%, to €9.7 billion. Operating Ebitda grew 7%, to €707 million...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Brenntag-reports-higher-2012-earnings-and-sales_50662.html March 20, 2013
The European Commission has lowered the fees and charges that small and medium-size enterprises (SME) have to pay to register chemicals under the European Union's Registration...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-Commission-reduces-Reach-fees-for-small-and-medium-size-companies_50639.html March 20, 2013
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says it expects that European Union member states will carry out on average 50 substance evaluations every year under the European...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/ECHA-expects-EU-member-states-to-carry-out-50-substance-evaluations-every-year-under-Reach_50643.html March 19, 2013
Increases in polyethylene (PE) prices are expected to take place in Europe during March on the back of higher ethylene prices, but weak downstream converter and consumer demand are...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-PE-price-hikes-could-be-limited-by-weak-demand_50616.html March 19, 2013
The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (Bilbao, Spain), Neiker-Tecnalia (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain), and Ekonek (Guipuzkoa, Spain) will jointly build a pilot plant...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Biofertilizer-pilot-plant-to-be-built-in-Spain_50635.html March 19, 2013
Solvay’s Novecare division, a maker of specialty surfactants, polymers, amines, guar, and phosphorus derivatives, is pinning an ambitious growth strategy on innovation, geographic expansion, and growth in targeted end markets such as oil and gas....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Solvay-Novecare-sets-ambitious-growth-targets_50553.html March 19, 2013
Europe’s approach to shale remains cautious. The European petrochemical industry’s hopes that shale exploration and exploitation will take hold, as it is in the United States, continue to be tempered by sociopolitical pressures at the EU decision-making level....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Shale-gas-Europe-is-taking-too-long_50552.html March 19, 2013
BASF has outlined investment plans that will support the company’s previously announced target to achieve sales of €85 billion ($110.4 billion) in 2015 and €115 billion in 2020....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-outlines-investment-plans-in-support-of-growth-targets_50303.html March 19, 2013
DSM has acquired SolarExcel (Venray, Netherlands) and the company will be integrated into DSM Advanced Surfaces, part of the DSM Innovation Center, DSM announced today. DSM Advanced...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/DSM-acquires-light-trapping-technology-firm_50623.html March 19, 2013
Henkel reported a 41% increase in fourth-quarter Ebit, to €492 million ($642.1 million), on 5% higher sales, at €4 billion. Fourth-quarter Ebit margin rose to 12.3% from 9.1%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Adhesives-boost-Henkels-fourth-quarter-results_50528.html March 19, 2013
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) has reported a more than doubling in fourth-quarter net income, to €271.8 million ($353.7 million), due to favorable one-time effects on income tax...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Merck-KGaA-reports-higher-earnings-increases-savings-target_50459.html March 19, 2013
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is seeing tightening in the polyurethane (PU) and polycarbonate (PC) markets, a situation that should ease with the company’s investment plans. Patrick Thomas, CEO of BMS, on the sidelines of Bayer’s results briefing in Leverkusen late last month said that last year’s toluene diisocyanate (TDI) growth rates were more than 6%....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Bayer-expands-PC-and-PU-production-as-markets-tighten_50458.html March 19, 2013
Linde has acquired a 51% stake in Organic CO2 for Assimilation by Plants (OCAP) joint venture from partner Volker Wessels Stevin Deelnemingen, making Linde the sole owner of OCAP. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Linde-buys-partner-out-of-Dutch-joint-venture_50522.html March 19, 2013
Lanxess says it has achieved higher earnings in the fourth quarter despite soft underlying demand with Ebitda before one-time items up 37%, to €239 million ($313.7 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Lanxess-reports-higher-earnings-closes-plants-until-demand-picks-up_50521.html March 19, 2013
Evonik Industries reported a 6% drop in fourth-quarter Ebitda, to €492 million ($641.7 million), on 2% lower sales, to €3.27 billion, attributing the decline to destocking by customers and economic weakness. Net income was 86% higher, to €276 million, mainly because of tax effects....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Evonik-posts-lower-sales-and-earnings-readies-IPO_50520.html March 19, 2013
Nexeo Solutions (The Woodlands, TX) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema, to distribute acrylic and styrene acrylic...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Nexeo-signs-North-America-distribution-agreement-for-Arkema-floor-resins_50611.html March 19, 2013
Evonik Industries says it is expanding its production capacity for Mepron, a coated DL-methionine product for dairy cows, by one-third by mid-2013. The capacity expansion will enable...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/Evonik-expands-production-capacity-for-a-coated-DL-methionine-product_50613.html |
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