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Archives :: Chemical Week Magazine :: Business & Finance :: Europe/Mideast
Displaying 241 - 260 of 946 stories.
May 31, 2011
Engel: Strong demand is expected to last. VCI (Frankfurt), the German chemical industry association, has raised its growth outlook for 2011 output by Germany’s chemical industry...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/VCI-Raises-Full-Year-Output-Forecast_35106.html May 31, 2011
Elliott: Energy-related costs will rise. The U.K. government’s recently announced plans to cut the country’s carbon emissions 50% by 2025, from a baseline year of 1990...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/U-K-Chemical-Industry-Feels-the-Heat-of-Further-Carbon-Cuts_35105.html May 31, 2011
Bayat: Adding more value to oil and gas reserves. Iran aims to become the leading player in petrochemicals in the Mideast by 2025, said Abdolhossein Bayat, Iran’s deputy minister...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Iran-Eyes-Leadership-in-Mideast-Petrochemical-Industry_35083.html May 16, 2011
Jourquin: 'New' Solvay will be less cyclical. Solvay’s recently agreed €3.4-billion ($4.9 billion) takeover of Rhodia will help Solvay to align itself with global mega...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Jourquin-Outlines-His-Vision-for-the-New-Solvay-Following-the-Takeover-of-Rhodia_34819.html May 16, 2011
European chemical companies continue to report strong first-quarter 2011 earnings on the back of improved volumes and selling prices compared with the same period of last year (CW, May...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Earnings-Rise-in-Europe-on-Improved-Demand-and-Prices_34818.html May 16, 2011
DSM, and starch and starch derivatives company Roquette Frères (Lestrem, France), have announced plans to build a commercial-scale plant to produce bio-based succinic acid, the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/DSM-and-Roquette-Build-Commercial-Scale-Bio-Based-Succinic-Acid-Plant_34775.html May 16, 2011
Handing over: Kurt Bock (r.) is BASF’s new number one. BASF reported a “powerful start to 2011” with first-quarter Ebitda advancing 28% compared with the prior-year...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-Reports-Strong-Results-as-Kurt-Bock-Takes-the-Helm_34774.html May 6, 2011
European chemical companies reported strong first-quarter 2011 earnings because of improved volumes and increased selling prices compared with the year-ago period. Producers are...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/High-Volumes-Selling-Prices-Lift-European-Chemical-Results_34639.html May 6, 2011
Environmental advocacy group ChemSec (Gothenburg, Sweden) has added 22 substances to a list of chemicals that it says should be banned under the European Union’s (EU) Registration...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Environmental-Group-Demands-EU-Action-on-Endocrine-Disrupting-Chemicals_34640.html May 6, 2011
Analysts say that DuPont is likely to succeed with its DK33.4 billion ($6.64-billion) bid to acquire food ingredients and enzymes company Danisco (Copenhagen), after the Danisco board...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Danisco-Board-Recommends-DuPonts-Sweetened-Offer_34641.html April 22, 2011
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL; Tel Aviv) will spend €160 million ($232 million) in the first stage of a plan to expand the potash mine and processing plant of the company’s Iberpotash...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/ICL-Expands-Potash-in-Spain-Eyes-Polyhalite-in-the-U-K-_34308.html April 22, 2011
AkzoNobel kicked off the European chemical industry’s first-quarter earnings season with a flourish. The company’s net income jumped 58% compared with the first quarter of 2010, to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/AkzoNobels-Profits-Jump-on-Higher-Volumes-Selling-Prices_34318.html April 22, 2011
Concerns about the future of Vinyls Italia (Porto Marghera), the troubled manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and vinyl chloride monomer, have grown following an announcement by...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Gita-Fails-to-Provide-Funding-for-Vinyls-Italia-Acquisition-New-Offers-Sought_34319.html April 15, 2011
Mossi & Ghisolfi Group (M&G; Tortona, Italy), the largest producer of polyethylene terephthalate for packaging applications, has broken ground on a project to build a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/M-and-G-Builds-First-Commercial-Scale-Cellulosic-Ethanol-Plant_34144.html April 15, 2011
RAG Foundation (Essen, Germany), the majority shareholder in Evonik Industries, says it has revived plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for Evonik. The IPO is due to take...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Evonik-Industries-IPO-Planned-Within-15-Months_34156.html April 15, 2011
Tata Chemicals (Mumbai) says it will invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake in the first stream of a previously announced ammonia-urea complex at a port location in Gabon. Olam...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Tata-Chemicals-to-Invest-in-Fertilizer-Complex-in-Gabon_34157.html April 1, 2011
BASF says it aims to generate €275 million ($388.5 million) of additional Ebit, including cost savings, as part of its integration plans for Cognis, which BASF acquired late last...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-Eyes-Major-Cost-Savings-from-Cognis-Integration_33822.html April 1, 2011
Arkema says its acquisition of Total’s coating resins and photocure resins activities—the latest of several M&A deals by Arkema—will make the company a leading...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Arkema-Expands-Coatings-Portfolio-Via-M-and-A-Innovation_33849.html April 1, 2011
Private equity firm 3i Group (London) has launched a process to sell chemical distributor Azelis (Antwerp), and 3i has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to invite bids for Azelis...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Private-Equity-Firm-3i-Launches-Divestment-of-Distributor-Azelis_33850.html April 1, 2011
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) says its fourth quarter of 2010 was the company’s best-ever fourth quarter, based on all parameters, and that 2010 was the second-best year in the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Israel-Chemicals-Reports-Record-Results-on-Higher-Volumes_33821.html |
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