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May 1, 2013
Leading specialty chemicals distributor Azelis (Antwerp) says it has secured a refinancing package. The company's financing has been extended for 3 years at market interest rates...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Distributor-Azelis-secures-refinancing-deal_51617.html April 30, 2013
Mexichem Fluor, a Mexichem subsidiary; and AGC Chemicals Europe (Thornton Cleveleys, UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Glass (Tokyo) have completed a multimillion-pound...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Mexichem-Asahi-Glass-JV-completes-R-22-plant-in-UK_51597.html April 30, 2013
Solvay says it has decided to invest an undisclosed sum to build a production unit for the biobased nylon polymer PA6,10 at the company's site at Saint-Fons, France. The plant is...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Solvay-to-build-biobased-nylon-facility-in-France_51598.html April 30, 2013
CW has learned that Ineos is at an advanced stage of discussions with an unnamed party to transfer the Kerling chlor-vinyls business into a joint venture, which would become one of the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Ineos-to-hive-off-vinyls-into-joint-venture-Rafnes-cracker-to-stay-with-Ineos_51595.html April 30, 2013
Brenntag has extended its cooperation with Evonik Industries for the distribution of nylon polymer products in Scandinavia, the company announced today. The region covered by the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Brenntag-extends-nylon-distribution-cooperation-with-Evonik_51591.html April 30, 2013
BP's petrochemicals business, including lubricants, delivered an underlying replacement cost (RC) profit before interest and taxes of $404 million in the first quarter of this year...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/BPs-first-quarter-petchem-profits-fall-7-5-percent_51590.html April 30, 2013
Wacker Chemie today reported a huge drop in net income and a 10% slide in sales in the first quarter of this year. Net income was down 87.8%, to €5.1 million ($6.7 million), while...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Wacker-reports-huge-drop-in-net-income-and-10-percent-lower-sales-confirms-2013-outlook_51588.html April 30, 2013
Clariant’s former textile chemicals, paper specialties, and emulsion businesses, which the company agreed to sell to SK Capital on 27 December, will be named Archroma after the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Clariants-former-businesses-named-Archroma_51587.html April 30, 2013
Clariant’s first-quarter net profit from continuing operations more than doubled to 38 million Swiss francs ($40.53 million) compared with SF16 million in the year-earlier...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Clariant-more-than-doubles-net-profit-on-flat-sales-confirms-2015-targets_51585.html April 29, 2013
Chemical distributor Biesterfeld Group (Hamburg) says its operating profits increased 5%, to €29.7 million ($38.9 million), in 2012. The company says its 2012 sales rose to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Distributor-Biesterfeld-posts-higher-earnings-and-sales_51581.html April 29, 2013
Vopak has reported a 1% decrease in first-quarter operating profit, excluding exceptional items, to €138.4 million ($181.2 million), compared with the first quarter of last year...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Vopaks-operating-profit-slips-in-the-first-quarter_51567.html April 29, 2013
KMG Chemicals has agreed to acquire OM Group’s electronic chemicals business in a $60-million deal, the company says. The business, known within OM Group as ultrapure chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/KMG-to-acquire-OM-Groups-electronic-chemicals-business_51564.html April 29, 2013
The European Commission, following a vote by EU member states today, will proceed with a plan to restrict the use of three neonicotinoids used as insecticides on a variety of crops...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/European-Commission-proceeds-with-plan-to-restrict-the-use-of-neonicotinoids_51559.html April 29, 2013
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says it has completed construction of a previously announced carboxylic acids plant at Oberhausen. The plant, currently in the start-up phase, will boost...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Oxea-completes-construction-of-carboxylic-acid-plant_51555.html April 29, 2013
VinylPlus, the European polyvinyl chloride (PVC) industry's sustainable development program, recorded 362,076 m.t. of PVC recycled last year, keeping it on track to meet the challenge...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/VinylPlus-on-track-to-meet-2020-PVC-recycling-targets_51551.html April 29, 2013
The Bourgogne Développement Industrie Group (BDI; Paris) has acquired Semoflex (Ogeu-les-Bains, France), the companies have announced. The takeover results in BDI, which also...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Frances-BDI-Group-takes-over-Semoflex-becomes-third-largest-PE-converter-in-France_51547.html April 26, 2013
Brenntag Schweizerhall (Basel), a subsidiary of Brenntag, will invest in a new sulfuric acid dilution plant at the Infrapark Baselland industrial park in Muttenz, Switzerland, to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Brenntag-invests-in-sulfuric-acid-plant-to-supply-Bayer-CropScience_51484.html April 26, 2013
Sabic Europe (Sittard, Netherlands) has announced a major restructuring of its operations, resulting in 1,050 job cuts....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Sabic-restructures-in-Europe-cuts-more-than-1000-jobs-_51426.html April 26, 2013
Shell Chemicals' steam cracker at Moerdijk, Netherlands, is experiencing technical difficulties that have delayed the plant's restart following planned maintenance, unconfirmed reports...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Reports-Technical-difficulties-delay-restart-of-Shells-Moerdijk-cracker_51527.html April 26, 2013
Production at Solvay's chlor-alkali unit at Torrelavega, Spain, could be under threat unless €30 million ($39.1 million) is invested to transform the unit from mercury-cell based...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/Solvay-chlor-alkali-site-in-Spain-under-threat-from-EU-mercury-cell-phaseout_51521.html |
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