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November 10, 2008
BASF Clinches Ciba Acquisition
BASF says it holds at least 68.1% of the share capital of Ciba Specialty Chemicals following BASF’s recently announced SF50/share public offer...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/15219.html
November 10, 2008
Linde Builds Gases Plants in Hungary and Switzerland
Linde says it will invest about €26 million ($34 million) to build an air separation unit at BorsodChem’s (Kazincbarcika, Hungary) site at Kazincbarcika. The investment...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/15240.html
November 4, 2008
Restructuring and Higher Prices Boost Clariant's Earnings
Clariant posted third-quarter net profits of SF78 million compared with a loss of SF51 million in the same period of 2007. Sales decreased slightly, to SF2.09 billion. Ebitda increased...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/15150.html
October 29, 2008
BASF Holds 66.6% Stake in Ciba
BASF says that with the end of the previously announced tender offer for Ciba Specialty Chemicals on October 28, the company now holds 66.6% of the share capital and voting rights of...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/15069.html
October 23, 2008
Linde to Build Air Separation Plant in Switzerland
Linde says its Swiss subsidiary PanGas (Dagmersellen) plans to build a new air separation plant at Muttenz, Switzerland, with an investment of about €44 million ($57 million)...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14931.html
October 7, 2008
Clariant Says It Will Not Be Broken Up
Clariant dismissed a recent report in Sonntag, a Swiss Sunday newspaper, that it will be broken up under the new CEO Hariolf Kottmann, who took the helm on October 1st. Kottmann told...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14663.html
October 6, 2008
Lonza Offers Cell Culture Medium
Lonza says it has entered into a global manufacturing, sales, and distribution agreement with biopharmaceutical company Crucell (Leiden, Netherlands) for Permexcis, a cell culture...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14624.html
October 1, 2008
BASF Publishes Takeover Prospectus for Ciba
BASF today published a share offer prospectus for the previously disclosed takeover of Ciba. BASF has set the minimum acceptance threshold to 66.67% of all nominal shares. BASF has...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14538.html
September 30, 2008
EFCG Proposes Certification for Pharma Excipients
The European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG; Brussels) and the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council of Europe (IPEC Europe; Brussels) say they have developed a proposal for a...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14536.html
September 25, 2008
Lonza in Deal with Crucell for Cell Culture Medium
Lonza says it has entered into a co-exclusive global manufacturing, sales and distribution agreement with biopharmaceutical company Crucell (Leiden, Netherlands) for Permexcis, a cell...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14412.html
September 22, 2008
BASF’s Shift to Specialties Continues with Bid for Ciba
BASF plans to buy Ciba Specialty Chemicals in the latest M&A deal of a rapidly consolidating specialties market. BASF has made a SF50/share cash offer to Ciba’s shareholders...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14313.html
September 15, 2008
Taking Sides in Switzerland
Turmoil at Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Clariant, both based in Basel, Switzerland, underscore the pressures bearing down on certain sectors of the specialty chemical market. Clariant...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14154.html
September 15, 2008
Clariant CEO’s Departure Surprises Some Analysts
The departure of Clariant CEO Jan Secher came as a surprise to some analysts because the company is in the process of a sweeping restructuring aimed at reducing costs and boosting...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14202.html
September 10, 2008
World's Largest Scientific Experiment Underway
Why do our bodies have mass? Why is only 4% of the universe made up of matter and why doesn’t the other 96% have mass? These are the fundamental questions-among...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14121.html
September 8, 2008
Clariant CEO Quits
Kottmann: In line for the top job. Clariant CEO Jan Secher is leaving the company “to pursue new activities,” Clariant says. Further details were...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14022.html
September 8, 2008
Siegfried Posts Higher Earnings and Flat Sales
Siegfried (Zofingen, Switzerland) posted a 33% increase in Ebit for the first half of this year, to SF28.5 million   ($25.7million) on sales up 1%, to SF160 million. Earnings...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14052.html
September 8, 2008
Equipolymers Declares PET Force Majeure
Equipolymers (Horgen, Switzerland) says it has declared force majeure on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) shipments from the company’s Ottana, Italy production facility, because an...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/14061.html
September 4, 2008
Clariant CEO Departs
Clariant CEO Jan Secher is leaving the company "to pursue new activities," Clariant says. Further details were not disclosed. Secher was Clariant CEO since January 2006 and...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/13992.html
August 27, 2008
Siegfried Posts Higher Earnings and Revenues
Siegfried (Zofingen, Switzerland) posted a 33% increase in first-half Ebit, to SF28.5 million on sales up 1%, to SF160 million. Earnings benefited from the sale of a pharmaceuticals...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/13850.html
August 25, 2008
Ciba Plans Restructuring to Focus on Coatings, Plastics Additives, and Water
Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it is evaluating options for its underperforming paper chemical and its publication ink businesses, including a sale, joint ventures, and marketing and...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/switzerland/13779.html
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