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Archives :: Chemical Week Magazine :: Business & Finance :: Europe/Mideast
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January 21, 2011
PwC (Warsaw), the former PricewaterhouseCoopers, has outlined the likely commercialization timetable for a previously announced new technology to produce glyphosate herbicide. The new...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/New-Glyphosate-Technology-to-Be-Commercialized-Soon_32280.html January 21, 2011
The Ciner Group (Istanbul), owner of soda ash producer Eti Soda, plans to construct a 2-million m.t./year soda ash plant at Kazan, Turkey that is due onstream at the end of 2013 or...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/World-Scale-Soda-Ash-Complex-Planned-in-Turkey_32281.html January 21, 2011
Industrial conglomerate Orkla (Oslo) says it has signed a binding agreement with China National Bluestar (Beijing), a subsidiary of China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina; Beijing)...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Orkla-Sells-Elkem-to-China-National-Bluestar-for-$2-Billion_32282.html January 21, 2011
Evonik says it has agreed to purchase Boehringer Ingelheim’s Resomer range of polymer-based pharmaceutical excipients. Financial terms were not disclosed. Completion of the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Evonik-to-Buy-Excipients-Range-from-Boehringer_32283.html January 21, 2011
AXA Private Equity (Paris) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Novacap (Lyon, France) from Bain Capital for about €240 million ($321 million). The exact size of the stake was...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/AXA-Private-Equity-Agrees-to-Buy-Novacap-from-Bain_32284.html January 7, 2011
Jacobs Engineering has reached a definitive agreement to buy the bulk of Aker Solutions’ (Oslo) process and construction (P&C) business. The acquisition includes most of Aker’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Jacobs-Buys-Aker-Solutions-Process-Construction-Business_31947.html January 7, 2011
Gazprombank (Moscow) has agreed to sell a 50% stake in Sibur, Russia’s largest petrochemical producer, to Miracle, a company controlled by Leonid V. Mikhelson, CEO of Novatek...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Russian-Billionaire-Buys-50-percent-of-Sibur-May-Reach-100-percent_31971.html January 7, 2011
The boards of Uralkali (Berezniki, Russia) and Silvinit (Solikamsk, Russia) have agreed on the terms of the companies’ long-anticipated merger (CW, Aug. 16/23, 2010, p. 5). Silvinit...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Russian-Potash-Firms-Confirm-Merger_31972.html December 20, 2010
The chemical industry broadly welcomed progress made at the recent United Nations (UN) climate summit in Cancun, saying that it marks a step toward creating a global regulatory...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Industry-Sees-Cancun-Climate-Deal-as-Step-Forward_31666.html December 16, 2010
Shell Chemicals has confirmed CW’s exclusive report that it is in discussions to form a petrochemicals joint venture in Qatar. “We are actively in discussions with Qatar Petroleum...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Shell-Confirms-Talks-with-QP-on-Ras-Laffan-Cracker_31638.html December 16, 2010
Sibur (Moscow) will add 1 million m.t./year of polymers capacity in the next few years and most likely participate in several of the petrochemical hubs announced by the Russian...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Sibur-Gears-up-to-Meet-Russian-Petrochemicals-Demand-Growth_31639.html December 16, 2010
Lanxess says it has agreed to acquire DSM’s elastomers unit for €310 million ($411 million). The purchase price is about six times DSM Elastomers’ estimated 2010...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Lanxess-to-Buy-DSM-Elastomers-for-&euro310-Million_31667.html December 16, 2010
Private equity firm Bain Capital (Boston) says it has agreed to acquire chemical distributor IMCD Group (Rotterdam) from AAC Capital Partners (Amsterdam). The purchase price is...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Chemical-Distributor-IMCD-Changes-Private-Equity-Hands_31668.html December 10, 2010
Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical will soon announce plans to proceed with their mega petrochemical joint venture at Jubail, Saudi Arabia, says Khalid Al Falih, president and CEO of Saudi...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Aramco-Joint-Venture-with-Dow-Will-Proceed-Soon-at-Jubail_31494.html December 10, 2010
Industry innovation and solutions are critical to a more sustainable future in the Mideast and beyond, leading industry executives say. “The formidable issue of global warming...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/GPCA-2010-Innovation-Is-Critical-to-Meeting-Sustainability-Challenge_31495.html December 10, 2010
BASF has realigned its performance products segment following the acquisition of Ciba Specialty Chemicals and given the segment an Ebitda margin target of 18% in 2012. It has set a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-Seeks-Expansion-in-Dispersions-and-Pigments_31529.html November 30, 2010
Petkim Petrokimya (Aliaga, Turkey), the sole producer of petrochemicals in Turkey, is aiming to double in size by 2018, helping the company to increase its share of the fast-growing...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Petkim-to-Double-in-Size-Plans-New-Cracker_31228.html November 30, 2010
La Seda de Barcelona says it has agreed to sell its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant at San Roque, Spain to Cepsa Química (Madrid) for an undisclosed amount. The deal is...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Cepsa-to-Acquire-PET-Plant-from-La-Seda_31256.html November 30, 2010
The European Commission has cleared Syngenta’s acquisition of Monsanto’s global sunflower seeds business. The deal combines two leading sunflower seed suppliers with significant...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/EU-Okays-Syngenta-Monsanto-Sunflower-Deal-with-Conditions_31257.html November 19, 2010
AkzoNobel will focus on high-growth markets to achieve its recently announced target to raise annual sales by 44%, to €20 billion ($27.4 billion) over the next 5-6 years. The company...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/AkzoNobels-Expansion-Focuses-on-High-Growth-Markets_31010.html |
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