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June 22, 2012
Huntsman: Share price is 'outrageously low.' Comments and exasperation expressed by Huntsman founder and executive chairman Jon M. Huntsman Sr. as he touted the company’s value...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Huntsman-Comments-May-Have-Sparked-PE-Interest_44418.html June 22, 2012
Solutia, Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology (Sinorgchem; Shandong, China), and Korea Kumho Petrochemical (KKPC; Seoul) say they have reached a global settlement to resolve all disputes...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Solutia-Licenses-4-ADPA-Technology_44419.html June 22, 2012
EPA says its proposed rule for particle pollution, or soot, would revise the annual standard for fine particles (PM-2.5) from 15 micrograms per cubic meter (mg/cu meter) to 12 or 13...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/EPA-Proposes-Revised-Annual-Standard-for-Fine-Particles_44420.html June 22, 2012
For a third straight year global economies are showing signs of weakness after a relatively strong start to the year, Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS told attendees at the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/CFO-Conference-2012-Global-Economy-Hits-Soft-Patch_44421.html June 22, 2012
Companies are looking toward acquisitions to advance growth and corporate strategy, Eastman Chemical CFO Curt Espeland told attendees at the IHS Chemical Financial Forum, held recently...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Eastman-Deals-Drive-Growth-Strategy_44422.html June 15, 2012
Vitters: Moving effort into the fibers space. Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co., H.J. Heinz, Nike, and Procter & Gamble have formed a consortium to promote research for developing...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Coke-Joins-with-Multinationals-In-Push-for-Biobased-PET_44195.html June 15, 2012
Calumet Specialty Products (Indianapolis) has acquired lubricants maker Royal Purple (Porter, TX) for $335 million. Royal Purple makes lubricants aimed at the transportation...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Calumet-Specialty-Products-Acquires-Lubricants-Firm_44215.html June 15, 2012
LyondellBasell was awarded a $4.5-million grant to develop catalyst-assisted technology to improve the energy efficiency of ethylene production from ethane while emitting less...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/LyondellBasell-Awarded-Grant_44216.html June 15, 2012
EPA says Sabic Innovative Plastics has agreed to pay $1 million in civil penalties and about $4 million in plant renovations to settle Clean Air Act violations at its Mt. Vernon, IN...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Sabic-to-Pay-Clean-Air-Fine_44217.html June 15, 2012
Cytec Industries says it will restart a carbon fiber manufacturing expansion project at its Piedmont, SC facility as well as start a prepreg manufacturing expansion project at the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Cytec-Restarts-Carbon-Fiber-Expansion-Project_44196.html June 15, 2012
Croda has begun construction of a landfill-to-gas energy project at its New Castle, DE manufacturing plant. The $6-million project broke ground on June 7 and will use landfill gas from...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Croda-Breaks-Ground-on-Landfill-to-Gas-Project_44197.html June 15, 2012
ACC plans to release a Chemicals Activity Barometer (CAB) index later this month that gauges current business conditions in industry. Data in ACC’s newly developed CAB index will...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/ACC-to-Launch-Business-Indicator_44198.html June 15, 2012
Haller: Assuming responsibility for EMEA. Dow Chemical has named Heinz Haller, executive v.p. and chief commercial officer of Dow, as executive v.p., president of Dow Europe, Middle...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Dow-Shuffles-Management-Names-Haller-to-Head-Europe-and-Mideast_44200.html June 15, 2012
ExxonMobil Chemical has filed permits with EPA and the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a multibillion-dollar project that includes building an ethane cracker at...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/ExxonMobil-Files-Permits-for-Cracker-and-PE-Units-in-Texas_44201.html June 15, 2012
Expanding Triunfo: Braskem’s 200,000 m.t./year ‘green’ PE unit at Triunfo came online in 2010. Braskem Idesa says it has received $700 million in financing from BNDES...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/BNDES-Approves-$700-Million-for-Mexicos-Ethylene-XXI_44214.html June 15, 2012
Monsanto says its board of directors has authorized a three-year, $1-billion share repurchase program, to take effect on July 1. It will begin once Monsanto’s existing share...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Monsanto-Plans-$1-Billion-Share-Buyback_44228.html June 15, 2012
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett (R.) is pushing for tax incentives worth up to $66 million/year related to Shell Chemical’s potential steam cracker at Monaca, PA. The...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Pennsylvania-Considers-Tax-Incentives-for-Shell-Cracker_44229.html June 1, 2012
Dyno Nobel says it will conduct a feasibility study on an $800-million ammonia production facility at Waggaman, LA. The plant would produce 750,000 m.t./year of ammonia and would be...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Dyno-Nobel-Considers-$800-Million-Ammonia-Complex-in-Louisiana_43849.html June 1, 2012
Cytec has begun the official process for divesting its coating resins business, which had 29% of Cytec’s total sales in 2011. The company last year said that it was exploring the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Cytec-Launches-Coating-Resins-Sale-Process_43850.html June 1, 2012
Technip (Paris) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the energy and chemicals (E&C) business of Shaw Industries for €225 million ($287 million). The acquired business...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Technip-Acquires-Shaws-Energy-and-Chemicals-Group-for-&euro225-Million_43851.html |
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