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September 21, 2012
Momentive Specialty Chemicals says it will build a plant in the Pinthong Industrial Estate in Chon Buri Province, Thailand. Momentive says the plant will triple its production of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Momentive-Builds-Coating-Resins-Plant-in-Thailand_46429.html September 21, 2012
PolyOne says its subsidiary Colorant Chromatics (Cham, Switzerland), a specialist in coloring and formulating high-temperature polymers, plans to expand production and service...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/PolyOne-Expands_46431.html September 21, 2012
Rockwood is issuing $1.25 billion in new senior unsecured debt due 2020, the company says. Moody’s has rated the debt Ba2, a notch below Rockwood’s corporate credit rating. S&P...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Rockwood-Sells-Bonds_46432.html September 14, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals says it plans to restructure its petrochemical operations at Chiba, Japan “to flexibly and effectively manage” the company’s existing partnership with Idemitsu...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Mitsui-Idemitsu-to-Rationalize-Chiba-Complex_46269.html September 14, 2012
Monsanto and DuPont are top contributors to a campaign opposing California’s Proposition 37, which would require labels on most foods made with genetically modified (GM) ingredients...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/GM-Food-Label-Fight_46266.html September 14, 2012
Engel: Hopes for an upswing postponed. German chemical industry association VCI (Frankfurt) has downgraded its 2012 forecast for chemical production in Germany, citing the effects of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/VCI-Downgrades-German-Output-Forecast_46267.html September 14, 2012
Bayer says that the supervisory board of the company’s Bayer CropScience subgroup has accepted a request from Sandra Peterson, chairman and CEO of Bayer CropScience, to terminate her...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Sandra-Peterson-Quits-as-CEO-of-Bayer-CropScience_46268.html September 14, 2012
LyondellBasell’s largest shareholder, private equity firm Apollo Management, is selling 17.5 million new shares of common stock in conjunction with the company’s listing on the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/LyondellBasell-Added-to-S-and-P-500_46258.html September 14, 2012
Air Products has signed two supply deals that include separation unit (ASU) investments in China. The company acquired an ASU and integrated gas liquefier at Guiyang, China from...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Air-Products-Adds-Two-ASUs-in-China-Signs-Tech-Deal_46259.html September 14, 2012
Huntsman says it is expanding specialty epoxy resins production capacity at its McIntosh, AL facility. The investment will increase capacity by 4,500 m.t., bringing the company’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Huntsman-to-Expand-Resins-Capacity-at-Alabama-Plant_46260.html September 14, 2012
Firefight: DuPont wins a victory in long-standing Kevlar dispute. A U.S. federal court has barred South Korea’s Kolon Industries from making aramid fibers products that compete...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/DuPont-Wins-20-Year-Injunction-in-Kevlar-Case_46261.html September 14, 2012
Enzyme maker Codexis (Redwood City, CA) says it is cutting approximately 133 employees after Shell terminated their long-standing, royalty-bearing biofuels collaboration. Shell will...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Codexis-Cuts-Staff-After-Shell-Pulls-Funding_46262.html September 14, 2012
PPG says it is increasing precipitated silica production capacity at its Lake Charles, LA site by over 22,000 tons/year. The project is expected to be online by early 2014. Capital...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/PPG-Expanding-Silica_46263.html September 14, 2012
Calumet Specialty Products (Indianapolis) is adding a 1,000-bbls/day gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant at its Karns City, PA facility. Capital costs were not disclosed. The unit is expected...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Calumet-Plans-GTL-Unit_46264.html September 14, 2012
FMC has formed a joint venture with BCEG Environmental Remediation (Beijing) and Brisea Group (Beijing) to manufacture and market products for soil and groundwater remediation in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/FMC-Forms-China-JV_46265.html September 14, 2012
Unipex Group (Paris) says its current owner, AXA Private Equity (Paris), has reached an agreement to sell 100% of its interest in Unipex, to the IK2007 Fund, advised by private equity...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Unipex-Group-Changes-Private-Equity-Hands_46270.html September 14, 2012
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical (Petro Rabigh; Rabigh, Saudi Arabia) has appointed Abdullah bin Saleh Al Suwailem as its new president and CEO, effective September 9, 2012. Petro...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/New-Petro-Rabigh-CEO_46271.html September 14, 2012
Jacobs Engineering has received a contract from Rohit Surfactants Private (RSP; Kanpur, India) to provide engineering services for a greenfield soda ash project in the state of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/Jacobs-Wins-Contract_46272.html September 14, 2012
CB&I says it has been awarded a contract by Hebei Haiwei Group (Jingxian, China) for the license and basic engineering design of a grassroots propane dehydrogenation unit at...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/CB-and-I-Propylene-Award_46273.html August 31, 2012
BASF says it has completed an expansion of its global PolyTHF capacity from 185,000 m.t./year to 250,000 m.t./year at a cost of more than €60 million ($75.2 million). The company...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/BASF-Invests-$75-Million-to-Increase-PolyTHF-Capacity_45971.html |
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