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October 7, 2008
Tensions Rise Over Reach Pre-Registration Numbers
ECHA has published a statement calling on Reach applicants to “reflect upon their pre-registration strategy” and not to unnecessarily pre-register chemical substances...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14664.html
October 6, 2008
BASF Advances Novel Syngas-to-Olefins Process
BASF says it is developing a technology to produce olefins directly from synthesis gas (syngas) and “working on concepts to trap carbon dioxide [CO2] wastes,” which it...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14612.html
October 6, 2008
EPCA 2008: Pipelines Raise Competitiveness
European petrochemical companies participating in the European Commission’s High Level Group (HLG) on the Competitiveness of the Chemicals Industry in the European Union (EU) are...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14613.html
October 6, 2008
CPhI: Dow Brings Synthetic Glycerine Business Back Under its Domain
Dow told CW at the recent CPhI expo in Frankfurt that since August, it has brought back its Optim synthetic glycerine business to the main Dow Chemical group, after a period of about...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14649.html
October 6, 2008
Cefic General Assembly: Jourquin Elected President; To Build on Progress Made Under Predecessor
Christian Jourquin, CEO of Solvay, was elected Cefic president during Cefic's General Assembly in Athens on October 4. He was elected for a two-year term. Jourquin, in his...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14651.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/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14538.html
September 30, 2008
Proposed EU Emissions Trading Scheme is Equivalent to a "10-35% Tax"
  The European Commission's proposal for a tougher emissions trading scheme (ETS) from 2013 will increase total operating costs for chemical companies by between 10% and 35%...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14511.html
September 30, 2008
EPCA: Financial Woes Leave VAM Outlook Uncertain
Financial market instability has created uncertainty in the outlook for the vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), as the chemical intermediate historically follows GDP growth, says Antulio...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14512.html
September 29, 2008
THE 5-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Geert Dancet, Head of the European Chemicals Agency (Helsinki)
"The SIN List is a good thing as it means that authorities get a little push from outside to put their selection of substances of very high concern [SVHC] high up in their...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14413.html
September 29, 2008
Lanxess Stays Confident of Keeping its Independence …
Lanxess has dismissed speculation that it could be the next medium-size chemical company to be acquired, following several chemical industry M&A deals including BASF’s...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14457.html
September 29, 2008
… Eyes DSM’s EPDM Business
Lanxess is interested in buying DSM’s elastomers business, which is up for sale, industry sources say. DSM is selling several businesses in three separate packages under a...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14458.html
September 29, 2008
BASF to Cut Polystyrene Production by 25% in Europe
BASF says it will slash production of polystyrene (PS) in Europe by 25% from October 1. “The reason for this step is the diminished demand for the standard plastic PS, a...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14459.html
September 29, 2008
AkzoNobel Unveils $100-Million Cost Reduction Program, to Cut 3,500 Jobs
Hans Wijers, CEO of AkzoNobel told analysts at a meeting in London earlier today that the company is set to aggressively increase profits and improve operational effectiveness under a...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14494.html
September 26, 2008
STUDY: Carbon Capture Can be Economically Viable by 2030
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)-featuring experimental technologies that capture and store carbon dioxide emissions from power and manufacturing plants underground-could be...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14429.html
September 24, 2008
Chemical Alternative to Carbon Capture and Storage Emerges from U.K. Lab 
Chemists at Newcastle University (Newcastle, U.K.) say they are progressing “extremely well” and may now be about four years from commercializing an energy-efficient...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14399.html
September 24, 2008
Germany to Defend Energy-Intensive Industries from EU Emissions Trading Costs (update)
The European Union’s (EU) proposal to auction off greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions permits for the next phase of the region’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2013 through...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14401.html
September 22, 2008
Reach Blacklist of 200 Chemicals Sparks Substitution Concerns
The publication last week of a list of more than 200 chemicals identified as being substances of very high concern (SVHC) by environmental group ChemSec (Gothenburg, Sweden) has sent a...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14323.html
September 22, 2008
Iran Names New NPC Head
Iran's petroleum minister Gholam Hossein Nozari has appointed Adel Nejadsalim as the new managing director of the National Petrochemical Co., local reports say...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14366.html
September 19, 2008
Reach Pre-Registration Applications Top 350,000
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says as of September 15 it had received 352,641 pre-registration applications for its Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14294.html
September 19, 2008
BASF to Cut EU Polystyrene Production by 25%.
BASF says from October 1 it will slash production of polystyrene (PS) in Europe by 25%. “The reason for this step is the diminished demand for the standard plastic PS, a...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/14295.html
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