|
|
|
|
|
searchin this issue
premium serviceseventsdirectory servicesadvertisingcustomer care |
Archives :: Chemical Week Magazine :: Business & Finance :: Europe/Mideast
Displaying 381 - 400 of 946 stories.
February 26, 2010
Clariant says it will cease production of textile dyes and textile chemicals, as well as paper chemicals, at its Muttenz, Switzerland headquarters as part of a major restructuring of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Clariant-Downsizes-Swiss-Site-as-Part-of-Restructuring_25035.html February 26, 2010
Fourth-quarter 2009 European chemical earnings were mixed, but most companies reported improved market conditions that started early last year. All companies warn, however, that the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Fourth-Quarter-Results-Improve-on-Higher-Volumes_25036.html February 19, 2010
Innospec says it has set aside a total of $40.2 million to settle fines related to ongoing probes by U.S. and British authorities into whether the company violated federal securities...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Innospec-Allots-$40-2-Million-to-Settle-Bribery-Charges_24907.html February 12, 2010
BASF says its research projects are aligned with global megatrends and aim to contribute toward solving “challenges of the future.” The company outlined its R&D plans...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/BASF-Outlines-R-and-D-Strategy-Gets-Top-Research-Ranking&hellip_24749.html February 12, 2010
BASF “is close to commercializing a couple of new dehydrogenation technologies,” says Rainer Diercks, former president/chemicals research and engineering at the company. Diercks...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/-Advances-Dehydro-Technologies-Halts-Work-on-Syngas-to-Olefins-Process_24750.html February 12, 2010
Songwon Industrial (Ulsan, Korea), the second-largest producer of polymer stabilizers after the former Ciba Specialty Chemicals, is looking at options to establish manufacturing...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Songwon-Mulls-Stabilizer-Manufacture-in-the-Mideast_24751.html February 4, 2010
Altana reported “noticeably lower” 2009 sales and earnings because of the economic downturn. Earnings dropped 89%, to €11 million ($15.1 million), on sales down 12%...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Altanas-Results-are-Weighed-Down-by-the-Economy_24603.html January 29, 2010
Spolchemie (Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic) says that the regional authorities of Usti nad Labem have granted the company an extension to a deadline for the company to replace its...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Authorities-Approve-Czech-Firms-Chlor-Alkali-Delay_24473.html January 29, 2010
Lotte Chemical U.K., a subsidiary of KP Chemical (Seoul), has agreed to acquire the assets of Artenius U.K. from Deloitte LLP (London), Artenius’s administrators. The proposed deal...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Koreas-KP-Chemical-Steps-in-to-Rescue-U-K-PTA-PET-Business_24472.html January 29, 2010
Zakłady Azotowe Puławy (ZAP; Puławy, Poland), the leading maker of fertilizers in Poland and one of the world’s leading producers of melamine, has made a conditional offer to PKN...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Polands-Puawy-Makes-Offer-to-Buy-Anwil-from-PKN-Orlen_24474.html January 29, 2010
Wacker Chemie reported fourth-quarter 2009 Ebitda of €90 million ($127 million), down from €118.7 million for the period one year earlier. Corresponding sales for the quarter were...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Wacker-Records-Lower-Quarterly-Profits-Reports-Full-Year-Loss_24475.html January 22, 2010
Civil engineering and trading company Ramco Trading & Contracting (Doha), currently in talks to buy polyvinyl chloride and vinyl chloride monomer producer Vinyls Italia (Porto...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Qatar-Engineering-Firm-to-Buy-ENI-Chlor-Alkali-Plants_24297.html January 22, 2010
Wacker Chemie has announced plans to consolidate its fumed silica production in Germany as part of previously reported improvement measures at the company’s Wacker Silicones...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Wacker-Consolidates-Fumed-Silica-Production-in-Germany_24296.html January 22, 2010
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says it has added 14 substances of very high concern (SVHC) to its candidate list. Chemicals placed on the candidate list must, under the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/ECHA-Adds-14-Substances-of-Very-High-Concern-to-Reach-Candidate-List_24294.html January 22, 2010
The South African government, through the country’s Department for Trade and Industry, has issued a “request for proposals to investigate” the viability of constructing a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/South-Africa-Seeks-Polysilicon-Project_24295.html January 22, 2010
Total has inaugurated Europe’s first end-to-end carbon capture, transportation, and storage (CCS) demonstration facility. The plant is at Lacq, France. The €60-million ($86...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Total-Commissions-CCS-Demonstration-Plant_24298.html January 8, 2010
Borouge Pte (Singapore), the marketing arm of Borouge (Abu Dhabi), is gearing up for the commissioning in mid-2010 of the Borouge 2 manufacturing complex at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. The...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Borouge-Rolls-Out-Logistics-as-It-Gears-Up-for-Borouge-2_23985.html January 8, 2010
Merck & Co. says it has agreed to buy Avecia Biologics, the contract biologic drugs manufacturing business of Avecia (Manchester, U.K.). The business has expertise in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Merck-to-Buy-Avecia-Biologics_23986.html January 8, 2010
Vopak and Zamil Group (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) plan to form a joint venture for the Mideast and North Africa. The jv will develop bulk liquid and natural gas...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Vopak-Zamil-Plan-Storage-JV_23987.html January 8, 2010
Celanese says it has acquired Future Advanced Composites Technology (FACT; Kaiserslautern, Germany) from plastics distribution, compounding, and recycling firm Ravago (Arendonk...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/Celanese-Acquires-Engineering-Plastics-Firm-in-Germany_23952.html |
|
Connect with IHS Chemical Week |
Quick links |
Our related sites |
|
contact us | about us |
customer care |
privacy policy |
sitemap |
advertise
|
Follow us on Twitter
