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April 20, 2012
Dow Chemical and Ford Motor have announced plans to jointly research the use of advanced carbon fiber composites in vehicles. Dow Automotive Systems and Ford have signed a joint...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Dow-Partners-with-Ford-to-Study-Carbon-Fibers-in-Cars_42755.html April 20, 2012
Bayer MaterialScience says it will acquire Arkema’s polycarbonate (PC) sheet business in the U.S., including the Tuffak-brand line of products used in aerospace, transportation...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Bayer-to-Acquire-Arkema-PC-Sheet_42756.html April 20, 2012
EPA announced earlier this month that it had denied a petition from the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) asking the agency to cancel product registrations and revoke all food...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/EPA-Denies-Environmental-Group-Petition-to-Ban-24-D_42825.html April 20, 2012
Gevo (Englewood, CO) has filed two additional patent infringement suits against isobutanol rival Butamax Advanced Biofuels (Wilmington, DE) alleging that Butamax infringes newly issued...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Gevo-Files-Additional-Patent-Claims-Against-Butamax_42826.html April 20, 2012
DuPont says it has opened its Beaver Creek plant genetics facility at Johnson, IA to support the company’s Pioneer Hi-Bred seeds business. Experts in plant physiology, molecular...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/DuPont-Opens-$40-Million-Seeds-Lab-in-Iowa_42827.html April 20, 2012
Clariant says its $78-million battery materials manufacturing plant at Candiac, PQ has started operations. The plant produces carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate (LFP), a high-power...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Clariant-Brings-Lithium-Battery-Materials-Plant-Online_42830.html April 20, 2012
U.S. EPA has announced a proposed rule to require electronic reporting for certain information submitted to the agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The rule would...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/EPA-Seeks-to-Require-Electronic-Reporting-for-Chemical-Information_42831.html April 20, 2012
Jackson: Standards support expansion. EPA issued final air pollution standards that require hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” operations use emission-capture technology...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/EPA-Issues-Final-Air-Pollution-Rules-for-Fracking_42834.html April 20, 2012
Shockwaves: Repercussions of the fire at Evonik's Marl CDT plant have spread across industries. The deadly explosion and fire that struck Evonik Industries’ cyclododecatriene...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Nylon-12-Shortage-to-Impact-Global-Automotive-Production_42838.html April 20, 2012
Pemex, Mexico’s state-run oil company, has filed a new lawsuit against a dozen oil companies—including units of Royal Dutch Shell and ConocoPhillips—alleging they...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Pemex-Files-New-Suit-In-NGL-Smuggling-Case_42839.html April 9, 2012
Bunch: Pace of activity improving. Early signs of construction recovery and near-record U.S. ethylene pricing and margins offer hope for stronger industry earnings in early 2012...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Ethylene-Margins-Construction-Rebound-Lift-Earnings-Outlook_42566.html April 6, 2012
Myriant (Quincy, MA) says it is “immediately” initiating scale-up of biobased acrylic acid in order to ship kilogram-sized quantities for potential customers in the second...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Myriant-Begins-Scaling-Biobased-Acrylic-Acid-Process_42555.html April 6, 2012
Strong demand for genetically modified corn seeds in the U.S. and Latin America bolstered Monsanto’s second-quarter results, and the company lifted its full-year guidance on...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Monsanto-Posts-Profit-Gains-Increases-2012-Outlook_42531.html April 6, 2012
Health Canada (Ottawa) has issued a preliminary risk assessment of the antimicrobial triclosan, saying it has no evidence triclosan is harmful to human health but that “significant...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Canada-Says-Triclosan-Could-Harm-Freshwater-Organisms_42519.html April 6, 2012
One Equity Partners (New York), the private equity operation of JPMorgan Chase, has acquired Sonneborn (Parsippany, NJ) from Sun Capital Partners (Boca Raton, FL). Financial terms of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/JPMorgan-Fund-Buys-Sonneborn-from-Sun-Capital_42522.html April 6, 2012
Mosaic third quarter earnings slid 50% on weak potash sales and higher phosphate costs, although the company still anticipates near-record global shipments in 2012. The company posted...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Mosaic-Earnings-Slide-50-percent-on-Weak-Potash-Demand_42520.html April 6, 2012
The U.S. FDA has rejected a petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington) requesting restrictions on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging. NRDC...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/FDA-Rejects-Call-to-Restrict-BPA-in-Food-Packaging_42521.html April 6, 2012
A significant premium on crude oil prices relative to natural gas has made ethane-to-ethylene economics in North America very profitable again. Midstream energy and petrochemical...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/IHS-WPC-2012-Shale-Reshapes-Ethylene-Markets_42542.html April 6, 2012
Global petrochemical and plastics demand will expand about 4.4%/year through 2020, Gary Adams, chief advisor for IHS Chemical, told attendees at IHS Chemical’s recent World...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/IHS-Chemical-Basic-Chemical-Demand-to-Hit-1-Billion-m-t-in-2020_42543.html April 6, 2012
Braskem (São Paulo) has a signed a deal with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to supply three compressor trains for the planned 1.05 million m.t./year Ethylene XXI complex at...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Braskem-Signs-Contract-for-Ethylene-XXI-Compressor-Trains_42554.html |
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