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May 23, 2013
Polystyrene (PS) demand is expected to be lower worldwide this year compared with last year, according to the latest IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service: Global Plastics &...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Global-PS-demand-expected-to-be-lower-in-2013-because-of-high-feedstock-costs-product-substitution_52256.html May 22, 2013
Novo A/S (Hellerup, Denmark), parent of pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk (Bagsvaerd, Denmark), has acquired Xellia Pharmaceuticals (Oslo) from private equity firm 3i (London) for an...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Denmarks-Novo-acquires-Xellia-Pharmaceuticals-in-$700-million-deal_52226.html May 21, 2013
Cornelius Group (Bishops Stortford, UK) has joined the European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC; Brussels) as a company member, FECC says. Cornelius is an independent...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/UK-based-distributor-joins-FECC_52216.html May 16, 2013
Sales by the UK chemical and pharmaceutical industry to customers declined during the past six months, according to the latest survey carried out by the Chemical Industries...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/UK-chemical-and-pharma-companies-report-lower-sales-volumes-in-last-6-months_52043.html May 16, 2013
The European Commission says it has carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies operating in the crude oil, refined oil products, and biofuel sectors amid...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/European-Commission-inspects-oil-companies-over-possible-price-fixing-in-crude-oil-refined-products-and-biofuel-markets_52018.html May 14, 2013
An appeal preventing Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE; Northwich, UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Chemicals (Mumbai), from building an energy-from-waste (EfW) facility to supply the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Tata-given-go-ahead-for-EfW-project-to-power-UK-soda-ash-plant_51980.html May 14, 2013
Linde says its BOC subsidiary has signed a long-term agreement to supply industrial gases to Sahaviriya Steel Industries United Kingdom (SSI UK; Redcar, UK), which is a wholly owned...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Linde-signs-long-term-supply-deal-with-SSI-UK_51969.html May 13, 2013
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) is leading a consortium sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bonn) to develop cobalt-based, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Merck-KGaA-leads-international-consortium-to-develop-cobalt-based-dye-sensitized-solar-cells_51950.html May 7, 2013
Flexitallic Group (Houston) is in the process of being acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint (London), Flexitallic has announced. The €450-million ($590 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Private-equity-firm-Bridgepoint-acquires-sealant-solutions-firm_51803.html May 7, 2013
Ineos and Solvay have confirmed CW’s exclusive report that they are in the process of forming a leading vinyls joint venture. The companies announced today that they have...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Ineos-and-Solvay-confirm-plans-for-vinyls-JV-Solvay-to-exit-business-in-the-future_51801.html May 3, 2013
Private equity firm Sun Capital (Boca Raton, FL) says it will combine five of the packaging companies its owns under its Exopack Holdings (Spartanburg, SC) investment. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Sun-Capital-to-combine-packaging-investments-under-Exopack_51745.html May 2, 2013
Shell's chemicals earnings were up 13% year-over-year during the first quarter to €555 million ($731.7 million) on a current cost of supply basis, the company announced today...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Shells-earnings-from-petchem-activities-up-over-13-percent_51668.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/uk/Mexichem-Asahi-Glass-JV-completes-R-22-plant-in-UK_51597.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/uk/Ineos-to-hive-off-vinyls-into-joint-venture-Rafnes-cracker-to-stay-with-Ineos_51595.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/uk/BPs-first-quarter-petchem-profits-fall-7-5-percent_51590.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
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/uk/VinylPlus-on-track-to-meet-2020-PVC-recycling-targets_51551.html April 25, 2013
Elementis's (London) first-quarter sales volumes increased across most segments, the company announced today in an interim management statement. Specialty products sales volumes during...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Elementiss-first-quarter-sales-volumes-increase-across-most-segments_51455.html April 25, 2013
Researchers from the University of Exeter,UK, have developed a method to produce biodiesel from E. coli bacteria, the university announced. The technology, which is still being...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/UK-researchers-develop-technology-to-produce-biodiesel-using-bacteria_51438.html April 25, 2013
Croda (Goole, UK) posted a £65.1-million ($99.3 million) pretax profit during the first quarter of the year, up 6.5% from the same quarter in 2012, when it recorded £61.1...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/Crodas-first-quarter-pretax-profit-jumps-up-6-5-percent_51436.html |
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