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March 15, 2010
Dow AgroSciences says it will invest about $340 million in a multi-year expansion of its global headquarters at Indianapolis, IN. The expansion will add more than 550 scientific and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Dow-AgroSciences-Expands-Research-Capacity_25334.html March 15, 2010
LyondellBasell has filed its reorganization plan with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, rejecting Reliance Industry’s $14.5-billion bid for the company...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/LyondellBasell-Rejects-Reliance-Bid-Files-Reorganization-Plan_25335.html March 15, 2010
Monsanto has completed a previously announced $200 million expansion project at its Luling, LA glyphosate plant and is set to begin defending its business practices at a public...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Monsanto-Expands-Glyphosate-Prepares-for-U-S-DOJ-Inquiry_25336.html March 15, 2010
DuPont says it has restarted most of the units at its Belle, WV chemical complex, but some operations directly related to recent accidents will remain offline. Problems at the site...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/DuPont-Begins-Restart-of-Accident-Prone-Belle-Site_25359.html March 15, 2010
Some industry experts viewed Senator Frank Lautenberg’s (D., NJ) remarks at a panel on reform of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as an effort to allay industry concerns...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/U-S-Senators-Hear-Industrys-Views-on-TSCA-Reform_25360.html March 15, 2010
Quinn: Renewable energy a growth source. Solutia has agreed to buy photovoltaic (PV) encapsulant producer Etimex Solar (Dietenheim, Germany), a maker of ethylene vinyl acetate...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Solutia-to-Acquire-EVA-Enscapsulant-Maker-for-$325-Million_25361.html March 15, 2010
Fourth-quarter earnings were mixed at late-reporting firms. Braskem’s loss narrowed to R$893 million ($496.7 million), compared with a R$2.1-billion loss in the same period of 2008...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Uneven-Recovery-at-Late-Reporting-Chemical-Firms_25362.html March 15, 2010
Eastman Chemical has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against DAK Americas over their alleged unauthorized use of Eastman’s IntegRex technology...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Eastman-Sues-over-PET-Outage-Lowers-Outlook_25363.html March 15, 2010
Sixteen cities in six Midwestern states recently filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Illinois seeking payment from Syngenta to recoup the costs of filtering the company’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Syngenta-Vows-Vigorous-Defense-Against-New-Atrazine-Litigation_25364.html March 15, 2010
Moody’s Investors Service (New York) says it has upgraded the outlook for the North American and European chemical industry from negative to stable. “The fundamental credit...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Moodys-Raises-Industrys-Outlook-to-Stable_25365.html March 15, 2010
Artek Surfin Chemicals (Artek; Mumbai) has partnered with private equity firm Aterian Investment Partners (New York) to acquire Chemtura’s polyvinyl chloride (PVC) additives...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Indian-Firm-Buys-Chemturas-PVC-Additives-Assets_25366.html March 15, 2010
KMG Chemicals says it has agreed to acquire the electronic chemicals business of General Chemical for $25.5 million in cash, including about $7 million of inventory and about $850,000...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/KMG-Acquires-General-Chemicals-Electronic-Unit_25367.html March 1, 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/usa_americas/Innospec-Allots-$40-2-Million-to-Settle-Bribery-Charges_25023.html March 1, 2010
Reliance Industries has increased its bid by $1 billion to $14.5 billion for a controlling stake in LyondellBasell, according to sources familiar with the situation. The revised offer...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/LyondellBasell-Settles-Creditor-Suit-Reliance-Ups-Bid_25024.html March 1, 2010
Invista, the fibers subsidiary of Koch Industries (Wichita, KS), says it will stop producing purified terephthalic acid (PTA) at its Wilmington, NC facility by mid-March because market...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Invista-to-End-PTA-Production-at-Wilmington-NC_25025.html March 1, 2010
Earnings were mixed at commodity and diversified chemical makers during the final quarter of 2009. Volumes are mostly improving, but lower selling prices in the vinyls chain and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Commodity-Chemical-Makers-Post-Mixed-Year-End-Results_25026.html March 1, 2010
Late-reporting specialty chemical firms reported big profit gains in the final quarter of 2009. Rockwood Holdings posted net income of $11.3 million, compared to a net loss of $734.1...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Profits-Soar-for-Specialty-Makers_25027.html March 1, 2010
Lawmakers in the Oregon state senate have voted down a bill that would have barred certain products containing bisphenol A (BPA) from state commerce. The proposal would have restricted...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/States-Have-Mixed-Results-Restricting-BPA_25029.html March 1, 2010
Ferro announced further restructuring plans for its European manufacturing operations, including the discontinuation of frit...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Ferro-Shifting-Operations_25030.html March 1, 2010
SI Group-Crios Resinas (Rio Claro, Brazil), an affiliate of SI Group (Schenectady, NY), has acquired Resinas...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/SI-Group-Brazil-Deal_25031.html |
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