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January 4, 2013
Bayer HealthCare says it has received the necessary regulatory approval from the FTC to complete the previously announced acquisition of the US-based animal health business of Teva...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/germany/Bayer-completes-acquisition-of-Tevas-US-animal-health-business_48733.html January 3, 2013
Kem One (Lyon, France), the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business acquired by the Klesch Group from Arkema last year, has announced plans to raise capacity for emulsion PVC at its...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Kem-One-expands-emulsion-PVC-capacity-at-Hernani-Spain_48543.html January 3, 2013
C4 Breakthrough: Global Bioenergies' discovery triggers milestone payment from rubber maker Synthos. Biochemical company Global Bioenergies (Évry, France) says it has discovered...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/French-biotech-firm-finds-renewable-route-to-butadiene-enters-development-phase_48526.html January 3, 2013
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the future development of unconventional fossil fuels such as shale gas in the European Union. All interested individuals...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-Commission-launches-public-consultation-on-shale-gas_48721.html January 3, 2013
BASF is investing €30 million ($39 million) to raise its global 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) capacity by 20%, to over 50,000 m.t./year, by 2014. BASF makes HDO at Freeport, TX; and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-raising-global-hexanediol-capacity-by-20-percent_48708.html January 2, 2013
Unilever says it will phase out the use of microplastics as a “scrub” in all personal care products by 2015, according to the Associated Press. The move is in response to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Unilever-to-phase-out-microplastics-by-2015_48663.html January 2, 2013
Eurotecnica (Milan) says it has been awarded a contract for an 80,000-m.t./year single train melamine plant to be constructed at Xinjiang, China. Eurotecnica will supply license, basic...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/italy/Eurotecnica-awarded-contract-for-melamine-project-in-China_48681.html December 24, 2012
Invista says it has acquired a manufacturing facility at Born, the Netherlands previously operated by VSL Born (Born), which focuses on the compounding and recycling of polyamides used...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Invista-acquires-compounding-site-in-the-Netherlands_48619.html December 21, 2012
EQT Infrastructure II has launched a public tender offer to acquire the Westway Group (New Orleans, LA), a provider of bulk liquid storage, for $419 million. EQT will acquire all...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-private-equity-firm-to-acquire-bulk-storage-provider-Westway_48602.html December 20, 2012
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has added 54 substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the candidate list of substances for authorization under the European Union's...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/ECHA-adds-54-substances-to-Reach-candidate-list_48558.html December 20, 2012
BASF says it has increased production capacity for nylon-6 film-product materials by 21,000 m.t./year at Ludwigshafen. "This capacity increase reflects our customers' growing...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-completes-nylon-6-film-capacity-hike-at-Ludwigshafen_48520.html December 20, 2012
Evonik Industries says it plans to increase its production capacities for precipitated silica at the company's Chester, PA site by about 20,000 m.t./year. Evonik's new facility, in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Evonik-to-expand-precipitated-silica-capacity-at-US-site_48519.html December 20, 2012
Odfjell says it has signed a letter of intent to expand its joint venture with Lindsay Goldberg (New York), a private equity firm, to include substantially all of Odfjell's tank...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Odfjell-to-expand-tank-storage-jv-with-US-private-equity-firm_48495.html December 19, 2012
Hydrocolloids maker CP Kelco (Atlanta) is expanding purified carboxymethyl-cellulose (CMC) capacity at its plant in Aanekoski, Finland, by as much as 25% through mid-2014, the company...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/CP-Kelco-expanding-CMC-capacity-in-Finland_48335.html December 19, 2012
Ineos says it has renewed an agreement with BP for the supply of acetic acid feedstock to Ineos's vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant at the Saltend Chemicals Park in Hull, UK. BP...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Ineos-renews-agreement-with-BP-for-acetic-acid-supplies-to-VAM-plant-in-UK_48494.html December 19, 2012
BASF says it is extending, until 18 January 2013, the offer period for the company's acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Pronova BioPharma (Lysaker...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-extends-offer-period-for-the-acquisition-of-Pronova-BioPharma_48492.html December 19, 2012
BASF and Gabriel Performance Products (Ashtabula, OH), a specialty chemical company, say they have signed a contract to transfer the BASF merchant–based epoxy curative business...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BASF-sells-epoxy-curative-business-to-US-firm_48491.html December 19, 2012
Kem One (Lyon, France), the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) business acquired by the Klesch Group from Arkema last year, has appointed Marco Toscano as COO and member of the executive...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Kem-One-appoints-new-board-member-Gary-Klesch-is-CEO_48488.html December 19, 2012
ReachCentrum, a subsidiary of Cefic, says that nine manufacturers of expanded polystyrene (EPS) have joined forces to establish a hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)-authorization...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Nine-EPS-manufacturers-establish-consortium-for-Reach-authorization-of-HBCDD_48466.html December 19, 2012
Solvay says it has decided to adjust its worldwide soda-ash production capacities in line with differentiated dynamics and cost-competitiveness considerations, to optimize its global...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Solvay-to-adjust-its-soda-ash-capacities-to-demand-output-to-rise-at-Green-River-WY_48460.html |
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