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December 9, 2011
Kiri Industries (Ahmedabad, India), a manufacturer of dyes and dye intermediates, formerly known as Kiri Dyes & Chemicals informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has acquired...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Kiri-Acquires-Taiwanese-Firm_39624.html December 9, 2011
W.R. Grace says it has completed an expansion of silica gels production capacity at its Sorocaba, Brazil facility. The additional capacity will help Grace meet growing demand for...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Grace-Adds-Silica-Gel-Capacity_39625.html December 9, 2011
Avantor Performance Materials (Phillipsburg, NJ), formerly Covidien’s Mallinckrodt Baker unit, says it has opened a technology center in Chubei City, Taiwan for fab process...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Avantor-Opens-Taiwan-Tech-Center_39626.html December 9, 2011
Rockwood Holdings says its Chemetall Lithium India (Mumbai) business unit has opened a butyllithium production facility at the Dahej special economic zone in the state of Gujarat...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Rockwood-Adds-Butyllithium_39627.html December 9, 2011
AkzoNobel and Fluorchemie (Frankfurt) have formed CF Carbons (Frankfurt), an equally owned joint venture producing the fluorocarbon HCFC22 (‘R22’). Financial details were not...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/R22-Fluorocarbon-JV-Formed_39628.html November 26, 2011
Brine Breakthrough: Yielding low-cost lithium. A California start-up backed by trading giant Itochu (Tokyo) says it can produce large volumes of lithium and other valuable minerals...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Start-up-Challenges-Lithium-Firms-with-Bolt-on-Process_39268.html November 26, 2011
The U.S. market for paints and coatings is growing at an estimated annual rate of 7.8% and is expected to be worth $26.2 billion in 2015, according to a study by The Freedonia Group...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/U-S-Paints-and-Coatings-Demand-Forecast-to-Exceed-$26-Billion-in-2015_39269.html November 26, 2011
Synthetic biology firm Amyris (Emeryville, CA) says it has signed a deal with Method Products, a provider of environmentally friendly home and personal care products to big box...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Amyris-Method-Products-Ink-Deal_39270.html November 26, 2011
International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) says it has opened a creative and applications lab in Dubai’s DuBiotech research part. The company says the facility supports all...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/IFF-Opens-Lab-in-Dubai_39271.html November 22, 2011
LDK Solar (Xinyu, China) has broken ground on a 30,000-m.t./year polycrystalline silicon manufacturing plant at Hohhot, China. Production at the site, along with other initiatives...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/LDK-Solar-Plans-to-Triple-Polysilicon-Capacity-by-2013_39088.html November 21, 2011
Clariant has acquired Oberhausen Technology Center (OTC; Oberhausen, Germany), a privately owned company providing formulation expertise to transform innovative technologies into cost...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Clariant-Buys-Oberhausen_39087.html November 21, 2011
Huntsman has sold its stereolithography resin and Digitalis machine manufacturing businesses to 3D Systems (Valencia, CA) for $41 million in cash. The stereolithography business, which...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Huntsman-Stereolithography-Units-Sold-to-3D-Systems_39085.html November 21, 2011
Sensient Technologies says it has bought out its partner in its Polish cosmetics color and ingredients joint venture, LCW Polska (Poznań, Poland). Sensient did not dislose financial...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Sensient-Buys-Out-Partner-in-Polish-Cosmetics-JV_39084.html November 18, 2011
Heraeus (Hanau, Germany) says it has opened a photovoltaics (PV) technology center in Singapore. The location will include R&D, manufacturing, sales and technical service...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Heraeus-Opens-Asian-PV-Center_39092.html November 18, 2011
Innophos says it has acquired bioactive mineral nutrients maker Kelatron Corporation (Ogden, UT) for $21 million. The combination of Kelatron’s micronutrient range of products with...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Innophos-Buys-Nutraceutical-Firm_39086.html November 4, 2011
Algae oils firm Solazyme (San Francisco) has expanded its commercial development deal with consumer goods giant Unilever. The firms have been partners since 2009 when they began...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Unilever-Looks-to-Algae-for-Oils_38805.html November 4, 2011
After spending two years assessing the performance and market viability of succinate-based esters in the plasticizer market, Lanxess and BioAmber (Minneapolis, MN) have entered into a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Lanxess-and-BioAmber-to-Develop-Renewable-Plasticizers_38806.html November 4, 2011
Solvay’s Rhodia unit has commissioned three previously announced production facilities at its Zhenjiang, China site. One plant makes specialty surfactants and polymers, and the other...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Rhodia-Commissions-Three-Plants-in-China_38807.html November 4, 2011
Kemira has restarted a polyaluminum chloride (PAC) facility at its Krems production site in Austria. The company says that it has restarted the PAC product line primarily due to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Kemira-Restarts-Polyaluminum-Chloride-Facility-in-Austria_38808.html November 4, 2011
Clariant says it has begun production of hexasulphonated optical brightening agents (OBAs) at its Prat, Spain facility. Clariant announced in 2010 that it planned to stop producing...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Clariant-Transfers-Paper-Chems_38814.html |
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