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October 12, 2012
Air Products’ Indura subsidiary has opened an 84 ton/day industrial gas plant at Puerto Varas, Chile, which will produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen, and argon. The new facility will...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Air-Products-expands-in-Chile-to-supply-local-markets_46924.html October 12, 2012
Arkema says its Coatex subsidiary has completed the acquisition of an additives and emulsions production site at Araçariguama, near São Paulo, from Resicryl (São Paulo). The...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Arkema-completes-acquisition-in-Brazil_46925.html October 12, 2012
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital (Los Angeles) has signed an agreement with Tessenderlo’s Profialis unit, a major supplier of extruded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) window and door...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/OpenGate-adds-profiles_46926.html October 12, 2012
Nexeo Solutions (The Woodlands, TX) has extended its distribution agreement with Borealis to distribute Borealis’ products for healthcare applications. Nexeo Solutions already...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Borealis-Nexeo-link_46927.html October 12, 2012
Huntsman, Cargill, and Unipec UK (London) say they have committed to chartering more efficient vessels for shipping their products. The companies will use the Existing Vessel Design...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Ship-efficiency-sought_46928.html October 12, 2012
Nippon Shokubai has provided CW with an exclusive update on the situation at its Himeji, Japan, manufacturing complex following the 29 September explosion and fire there. The accident...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Shokubai-counts-cost-of-Himeji-plant-explosion_46929.html October 12, 2012
Kley: Succeeding Evonik Industries’ Klaus Engel as head of VCI. German chemical industry association VCI (Frankfurt) has elected Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) chairman...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Merck-KGaAs-Kley-elected-VCI-president_46930.html October 12, 2012
Kemira says that negotiations on workforce reductions in Finland under the company’s Fit for Growth restructuring program, announced in July 2012, have concluded with an...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Kemira-to-cut-152-jobs-in-Finland-fewer-than-expected_46931.html October 12, 2012
Royal Dutch Shell has appointed Ben van Beurden, currently executive v.p./chemicals, as Shell’s downstream director, effective 1 January 2013. Van Beurden will become a member of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Van-Beurden-promoted_46932.html October 12, 2012
Lenzing says it now owns 100% of pulp producer Biocel Paskov (Paskov, Czech Republic), after acquiring the 25% it did not own from Heinzel Group (Vienna). The company acquired a 75%...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Lenzing-pulp-buyout_46933.html October 12, 2012
Univar has announced the opening of its first office in Vienna. The company says it has been active in the Austrian market for 20 years, however. Univar’s new office will enable...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Univar-opens-in-Vienna_46934.html October 12, 2012
Ajinomoto (Tokyo) says it has entered into an agreement with Lautan Luas (Jakarta) to establish a joint venture in Indonesia to produce cosmetic ingredients. Ajinomoto will hold 66.67%...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Ajinomoto-Indonesian-firm-form-cosmetic-ingredients-jv_46947.html October 5, 2012
Lanxess says it has acquired Bond-Laminates (Brilon, Germany), a company that specializes in developing and producing custom-made plastic composite sheets that are reinforced with...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Lanxess-acquires_46730.html October 5, 2012
Univar has announced that its legal entity in Tunisia is now fully operational. The new office will operate alongside similar Univar entities in Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria. The...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Univar-opens-in-Tunisia_46731.html October 5, 2012
Wilson: Keeping current strategy. Hedge fund Jana Partners (New York) has urged Agrium management to split off its retail segment. Jana co-founder Barry Rosenstein made the comments at...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Hedge-fund-calls-for-breakup-of-Agrium_46748.html October 5, 2012
The Brazil-Mexico joint venture Braskem Idesa (Mexico City) has awarded a $2.7-billion engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to a consortium of Odebrecht, Technip...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Ethylene-XXI-contract-goes-to-Odebrecht-consortium_46749.html October 5, 2012
The Congressional Budget Office CBO; Washington) says the estimated costs for EPA complying with the Safe Chemicals Act, would be about $30 million/year over the next five years. The...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/US-officials-tally-costs-of-proposed-TSCA-overhaul_46750.html October 5, 2012
H.B. Fuller’s fiscal third-quarter net income rose 11% year-on-year, to $24.6 million, on higher volumes and prices. Adjusted earnings, excluding costs related to the Forbo...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/H-B-Fuller-earnings-up-11-percent-on-higher-volumes-pricing_46751.html October 5, 2012
RPM’s net income for the fiscal quarter ended 31 August fell 56% year-on-year, to $33.9 million, mostly due to a $45.3 million write-down of its minority stake Kemrock Industries and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/RPM-net-income-falls-on-Kemrock-charge_46752.html October 5, 2012
Omnova Solutions net income for the quarter ended 31 August jumped to $6.4 million, from $400,000 in the year-ago quarter, on lower raw material costs and a favorable sales mix...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Omnova-earnings-jump-on-lower-raw-material-costs_46753.html |
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