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August 7, 2008
Arkema’s Second Quarter Earnings Rise
Arkema reported second-quarter net income up 60%, to €60 million, on sales up 1%, to €1.5 billion. Ebitda rose 5%, to €158 million. Sales rose mostly...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/13497.html
August 4, 2008
3M to Buy French Adhesives Firms
3M says it has agreed to acquire polyurethane-based structural adhesives and sealants producers EMFI (Haguenau, France) and SAPO (Haguenau). EMFI and SAPO together employ...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/13424.html
August 1, 2008
Total's Chemical Earnings Plummet
Total's chemicals business posted a 70% fall in second-quarter net profits, to €70 million on sales up 8%, to €5.5 billion. Total's base chemicals segment, consisting mainly...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/13366.html
July 30, 2008
CropScience Lifts Bayer's Second-Quarter Earnings; Rhodia's Results are Up on Higher Selling Prices (update)
Bayer reported combined second-quarter operating profit before special items for its Bayer CropScience and Bayer MaterialScience up 14%, to €628 million ($979 million) on sales up...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/13323.html
July 28, 2008
Novapex Proceeds with IPA Plant in France
Novapex, a Novacap Group (Lyon, France) subsidiary, says it will proceed with previously announced plans to build a 40,000-m.t./year isopropyl alcohol (IPA) plant at...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/13264.html
July 21, 2008
Arkema to Invest in low-GWP Gas
Arkema says it will invest in European production of a low-global warming potential (low-GWP) fluorinated gas for automotive air conditioning. Arkema did not...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/13090.html
July 21, 2008
Rockwood to Acquire Holliday Pigments
Rockwood Holdings says it has reached an agreement with Yule Catto (Harlow, U.K.) to purchase Holliday Pigments, a Yule Catto subsidiary making technical grade ultramarine and...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/13145.html
July 11, 2008
Lonza and Novartis Jointly to Develop and Manufacture Biologics Products
Lonza says it has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Novartis for the joint development and manufacture of Novartis's biologics pipeline. R&D activities over the...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12930.html
July 8, 2008
Perstorp Finalizes Isocyanates Business Acquisition 
Perstorp says it has completed talks to buy the isocyanates business jointly owned by Rhodia and LyondellBasell. Perstorp entered into exclusive negotiations with Rhodia Organics and...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12877.html
June 30, 2008
Arkema Announces Raw Material and Energy Surcharge for Engineering Plastics
Arkema says it will apply a raw material and energy surcharge to the company's engineering plastics products, effective July 14. The surcharge will be applied to the Kynar, Rilsan...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12776.html
June 26, 2008
Solvay Turns to Sustainable Energy
Solvay has disclosed plans to source energy for its Tavaux, France manufacturing facilities from a biomass thermal power plant. The proposed power plant would be built and operated by...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12683.html
June 16, 2008
Bayer, Arkema to Raise Prices
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) and Arkema have each raised prices for certain product lines to offset the continuing increase in energy and raw material costs. BMS...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12458.html
June 2, 2008
Air Liquide Plans Two European Gases Units
Air Liquide says it will invest €110 million ($171 million) to build liquefied gases plants at Ulm, Germany and Sines, Portugal. Air Liquide cites growing demand for industrial...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12221.html
June 2, 2008
France Passes GM Crop Bill...
The French senate has passed a bill regulating genetically modified (GM) crops. The legislation was approved earlier by France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12223.html
June 2, 2008
Arkema Buys Ethacryl from LyondellBasell
Arkema says its Coatex subsidiary has acquired LyondellBasell's Ethacryl business, a €4 million ($6.2 million)/year operation specializing in concrete and plaster additives. the...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12274.html
May 26, 2008
Süd-Chemie, Linde Form Biofuel Pact
Süd-Chemie and Linde say they have entered into an exclusive cooperation agreement to jointly develop commercial-scale technologies for the production of second-generation...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12088.html
May 26, 2008
Air Liquide Widens Technology Portfolio with Lurgi Purchase
Air Liquide says the acquisition of Lurgi last year doubled the size of its engineering business, to about 3,000 employees, half of whom are based in emerging countries. Air Liquide...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/12114.html
May 19, 2008
First-Quarter Earnings Fall at Total, Rhodia, and Solvay
Rhodia, Solvay, and Total posted declines in first-quarter net income, mainly because of higher raw material costs and unfavorable currency exchange rates. Selling price hikes were not...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/11977.html
May 14, 2008
Arkema’s First Quarter net Income Rises
Arkema reported first-quarter net income up 64%, to €72 million ($111 million), on sales of €1.5 billion, flat compared to the year ago period. Operating income excluding...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/11898.html
May 14, 2008
Metabolic Explorer Breaks New Ground with Bio-Route to PDO
Industrial biotech start-up Metabolic Explorer (Clermont-Ferrand, France) this week disclosed that it has successfully produced initial samples of 1,3-propanediol (PDO) generated from...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/france/11900.html
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