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August 28, 2008
Vopak Reports Higher Profits and Sales
Vopak, the leading tank storage company, posted a 17% increase in first-half net profits including exceptional items, to €107 million, on sales up 7%, to €454 million. Ebitda...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/13930.html
August 25, 2008
DSM Buys Polyester Polymer Assets
DSM Engineering Plastics, a DSM subsidiary, has agreed to acquire the polymerization assets of Diolen Industrial Fibers (Arnhem, the Netherlands). The...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/13761.html
August 19, 2008
LyondellBasell Reports Loss
LyondellBasell reported a second-quarter loss from continuing operations of $16 million compared to income from continuing operations $159 million in the year-ago quarter. Results were...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/13712.html
August 4, 2008
... Shell’s Chemical Profits Plunge
Shell’s chemical business posted a big drop in second-quarter profits to $157 million, from $626 million a year earlier. The chemical business reported a $142-million loss for...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/13393.html
July 29, 2008
Akzo’s Net Income Falls on Decorative Paint, Unfavorable Currency Exchange Rates; DSM's Profits Soar on Strong Nutrition Results (update)
Akzo Nobel reported second-quarter net income down 18%, to €184 million ($289 million), on sales up 2%, to €3.9 billion. “AkzoNobel showed a resilient performance to the changing...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/13307.html
July 28, 2008
Dow Announces Further European PS Cuts
Dow Europe says it temporarily stopped production of all polystyrene (PS) grades at its 50,000-m.t./year Terneuzen, the Netherlands plant last week. Dow idled one of its two styrene...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/13277.html
July 14, 2008
Costs Rise for Yara’s Large Urea Plant in the Netherlands
Yara says that the cost of its previously announced urea project at Sluiskil, the Netherlands has increased to about €400 million ($627.7 million), from €300 million (CW...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12975.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/netherlands/12930.html
July 7, 2008
DSM Ammonia Plant to be Offline Until October
DSM Agro, DSM's fertilizers production subsidiary, which along with some other businesses is up for sale, says that technical problems, which arose at one of its ammonia...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12857.html
July 2, 2008
Shell Completes Dutch Polyols Expansion
Shell Chemicals says it has completed an expansion of a polyols plant at Pernis, the Netherlands. Capacity of the plant has been raised from 155,000 m.t./year to 255,000 m.t./year...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12814.html
June 23, 2008
Ashland, Süd-Chemie to Form Metal Casting JV
O’Brien: Strong growth opportunities. Ashland and Süd-Chemie say they have agreed to combine their respective metal casting businesses into a $1.1-billion joint venture. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12575.html
June 23, 2008
DSM Readies Divestment Program for Several Major Businesses
DSM says it will begin a divestment process in September for several businesses as part of a previously announced program, dubbed Vision 2010, to transform the company into a life...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12601.html
June 17, 2008
DSM Reorganizes Dutch Site as it Prepares to Sell Assets
DSM says it will reorganize its manufacturing and services actitivies at the Chemelot industry park in Geleen, the Netherlands as it prepares its previously announced divestment...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12514.html
June 16, 2008
… Calls for Industry Carbon Capture Initiative
The chemical industry must develop large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems as part of efforts to meet the challenge of climate change, says Ben van Beurden, executive v.p...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12468.html
June 16, 2008
Crucell and DSM Hit Pharmaceutical Technology Milestone
Percivia, a biotech research business jointly owned by biotech firm Crucell (Leiden, the Netherlands) and DSM, says it has significantly raised the yield of its mammalian cell-based...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/12502.html
May 19, 2008
DuPont Expands Ethylene Copolymer Capacity
DuPont says it will invest approximately $150 million to increase ethylene copolymer capacity by a total of 200 million lbs at its manufacturing facilities in Asia...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/11951.html
May 19, 2008
Akzo Buys Specialties Units; Profits Fall on Weak U.S. Coatings Market
AkzoNobel says it has signed separate agreements to acquire a silica sol business in Germany and organic peroxide plants in China. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/11978.html
May 7, 2008
AkzoNobel’s Earnings Fall on Soft U.S. Decorative Coatings Market
AkzoNobel reported first-quarter net income from continuing operations down 4%, to €136 million ($210 million), excluding €151 million in charges mostly related to its ICI...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/11817.html
May 5, 2008
Akzo Launches New Brand
AkzoNobel has launched its new corporate brand following the company’s acquisition of ICI in January. Akzo says it decided to keep its name unchanged and, as previously...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/11738.html
April 29, 2008
DSM Profits Up on Higher Volumes and Selling Prices
DSM reported net income up 27%, to €162 million ($252 million), on sales up 10%, to €2.4 billion. Operating profits rose 23%, to 237 million. Selling price increases were “more...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/netherlands/11650.html
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