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January 28, 2011
Clariant’s industrial and consumer specialties unit has raised its selling prices across its entire product line by up to 15%, effective immediately or as contracts allow Wacher...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Speciatly-Price-Watch_32460.html January 21, 2011
Ashland says it has increased the price of unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, and gelcoats sold in Africa, Europe, and the Mideast by €100/m.t., effective January...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Specialty-Chemicals-Price-Watch_32261.html January 21, 2011
LyondellBasell has sold its flavors and fragrances business to Pinova Holdings (Brunswick, GA) for about $150 million. Pinova is a global supplier of wood and gum rosin, as well as...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/LyondellBasell-Sells-Flavors-and-Fragrances-Business_32256.html January 21, 2011
DuPont and Dow Corning have announced separate investments to boost their R&D capabilities at Shanghai. DuPont says it will double the size of its R&D center at the Zhangjiang...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/DuPont-and-Dow-Corning-Add-R-and-D-Capability-in-China_32257.html January 21, 2011
Showa Denko says it will build a production facility at its Kawasaki, Japan site to produce a thiol-based curing agent for UV-curing resins and epoxy resins for paints, coatings, and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Showa-Denko-Adds-Capacity_32258.html January 21, 2011
Synthetic biology firm Amyris (Emeryville, CA) and Grupo São Martinho (São Paulo) say they have awarded CNEC WorleyParsons the contract to build a previously announced...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Amyris-Advances-Farnesene_32259.html January 21, 2011
AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) and IBM have agreed to jointly develop materials based on block copolymers for semiconductor processes, based on IBM’s directed self-assembly...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/AZ-IBM-Lithography-Deal_32260.html January 21, 2011
International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) plans to build new manufacturing plants in Asia to meet growing flavors and fragrances demand. IFF says it will invest $100 million in the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/IFF-Invests-in-New-Production-Plants-in-China-and-Singapore_32262.html January 21, 2011
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) has brought online additional carboxylic acid capacity at Oberhausen, increasing its global production capability by 5%. The addition is the first stage of a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Oxea-Ups-Carboxylic-Acid-Capacity_32267.html December 28, 2010
Innospec says it has commissioned a facility at Spencer, NC to produce its Iselux surfactants. The new plant doubles its manufacturing capacity for the sulfate- and 1,4-dioxane-free...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Innospec-Adds-Surfactants_31624.html December 20, 2010
The use of certain solvents, especially aromatics and chlorinated solvents, continues to decline due to environmental and toxicological concerns, says a recent report from SRI...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Global-Solvent-Growth-Muted-by-Environmental-Impacts_31452.html December 16, 2010
Unidym (Sunnyvale, CA) and Samsung Electronics say they entered into an alliance for printable carbon electronics. Unidym, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research, has...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Unidym-Samsung-Announce-Carbon-Nanotube-Licensing-Deal_31619.html December 16, 2010
AkzoNobel’s Car Refinishes Americas business says it has bought out its Akzo Nobel Comex joint venture partner Comex (Mexico City), assuming full responsibility for marketing and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/AkzoNobel-Buys-Out-Mexican-Paint-Joint-Venture-Partner_31620.html December 16, 2010
Ashland says it has started up a new hydroxymethylcellulose (HEC) production facility at Nanjing. The $90-million plant is Ashland’s largest investment in the Asia Pacific...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Ashland-Starts-Cellulose-Unit_31621.html December 16, 2010
Sun Chemical says it has invested €8 million ($10.5 million) to upgrade its Etten, the Netherlands plant to produce a wider range of publication gravure inks. The company also...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Sun-Chemical-Invests-at-Etten_31622.html December 16, 2010
Nanosys (Palo Alto) has entered into a distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich. The deal provides for Sigma-Aldrich’s Aldrich Material Science business to distribute Nanosys’...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Nanosys-Sigma-Aldrich-Sign-Deal_31623.html December 16, 2010
Clariant says it will implement price increases of up to 15% globally for textile chemicals and textile dyes, effective immediately Cytec says it increased selling prices on all powder...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Specialty-Chemical-Price-Watch_31625.html December 16, 2010
Several specialty firms have been raising prices to keep up with increasing raw material costs, although the extent of the trend varies depending on the product and the region...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Raw-Material-Costs-Creeping-Higher-Pricing-Power-Mixed_31618.html December 10, 2010
Süd-Chemie and Ashland say their foundry chemicals joint venture, ASK Chemicals (Hilden, Germany), has begun operations. The two firms agreed to merge their global foundry chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Süd-Chemie-Ashland-Foundry-Chemicals-JV-Begins-Operations_31453.html December 10, 2010
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners (New York) has acquired Royal Adhesives & Sealants (South Bend, IN) from private equity fund Quad-C Management (Charlottesville, VA)...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Arsenal-Capital-Partners-Buys-Royal-Adhesives-and-Sealants_31454.html |
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