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January 20, 2010
Cabot China, a subsidiary of Cabot Corp., and China National Bluestar (Beijing) say they will expand fumed silica capacity by 15,000 m.t./year at the companies' joint venture plant in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Cabot-Expands-Fumed-Silica-Capacity-in-China_24174.html January 8, 2010
Gulf Resources (Shouguang, China), one of China’s largest manufacturers of bromine, crude salt, and specialty chemical products in China, says it has completed an upgrade of its...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Gulf-Resources-Boosts-Pesticide-Water-Treatment-Additives_23960.html January 8, 2010
Chemtura says it plans to sell its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) additives business to private equity firm SK Capital Partners (New York). As required by bankruptcy law, Chemtura has filed...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Chemtura-Plans-to-Sell-PVC-Assets-to-SK-Capital_23961.html January 8, 2010
PolyOne says it has acquired New England Urethane (NEU; North Haven, CT) for $12 million. NEU is a custom compounder of high-performance engineering thermoplastics for the healthcare...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/PolyOne-Acquires-NEU_23962.html January 8, 2010
The market for personal care active ingredients in India is expected to grow to $330 million in sales by 2014, up from $190 million last year, says a new report by Frost & Sullivan...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Personal-Care-Booms-in-india_23963.html January 8, 2010
Arch Chemicals says it expects to record a $1-million pre-tax benefit in the fourth quarter of 2009 as a result of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision to reduce Arch’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Arch-Antidumping-Duty-Lowered_23964.html December 18, 2009
demand for ever-smaller and morefunctional electronic devices is driving the need for rapid advances in new materials for integrated circuits. At the same time, chipmakers have to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Fast-Tracking-New-Materials-for-Integrated-Circuits_23612.html December 18, 2009
Specialty fluorochemicals producer Halocarbon (River Edge; NJ) has licensed IBM’s patents related to hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP)-based photoresists for semiconductor manufacturing...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/IBM-Deal-May-Lead-to-Other-Product-Entries-for-Halocarbon_23613.html December 18, 2009
U.S. demand for flame retardants is forecast to grow 2.7%/year, to 950 million lbs in 2013, valued at $900 million, according to The Freedonia Group (Cleveland). Demand for flame...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Flame-Retardant-Demand-to-Reverse-its-Decline_23614.html December 18, 2009
Ajinomoto (Tokyo) says it plans to develop a proprietary fermentation technology for producing cystine and cysteine, amino acids used by the pharmaceuticals, flavorings, and cosmetics...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Ajinomoto-Advances-Amino-Acids_23615.html December 18, 2009
Fulcrum SP Materials (Omer, Israel) says it has signed an agreement with Arkema to develop high-performance composite parts with improved damage resistance using Arkema’s multiwall...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/ARKEMA-SIGNS-COMPOSITES-DEAL_23616.html December 11, 2009
Bayer MaterialScience says it has entered into an agreement to acquire medical technology firm PolyBioMed (Sheffield, U.K.). Financial terms were not disclosed. PolyBioMed, a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Bayer-MaterialScience-Buys-Medical-Technology-Firm_23430.html December 11, 2009
A. Schulman has agreed to buy specialty chemicals maker ICO (Houston) for about $191 million in cash and stock to expand its market share in the global rotomolding and masterbatch...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Schulman-to-Expand-Geographic-Reach-with-ICO-Purchase_23428.html December 11, 2009
Evonik has started up production at its €250 million ($370 million) polymers, plastics intermediates, and coating systems complex in Shanghai. The facility has the capacity to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Evonik-Opens-Methacrylate-Site-in-Shanghai_23429.html December 11, 2009
Unidym (Sunnyvale, CA), a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research, says it has signed a deal to exclusively license patents covering fullerene derivatives used in solar cells...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Unidym-Licenses-Fullerene-Patents-for-Use-in-Solar-Cells_23431.html December 11, 2009
Buhler Group (Uzwil, Switzerland) says it has entered into a collaboration to develop nanosized performance additives with Micronisers Australasia (Dandenong, Australia). Micronisers...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Buhler-Inks-Additives-Deal_23432.html December 11, 2009
International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) says it has opened a facility at Moscow to house creative, technical, and customer support teams. The facility will support business in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/IFF-Opens-Moscow-Center_23433.html December 11, 2009
Polymer Group says it has begun operations of PGI Spain, the wholly owned subsidiary created from its acquisition of Tesalca-Texnovo’s (Barcelona) nonwovens businesses from Grupo...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/PGI-Spain-Starts-Operations_23434.html December 11, 2009
Eastman Chemical says it will raise prices for its Piccotac hydrocarbon resins by 8 cts/lb, effective January 1, or as contracts allow. The price hike is needed to offset rising...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Eastman-Ups-Hydrocarbon-Resins_23435.html December 1, 2009
Total Petrochemicals says Futerro, its 50-50 joint venture with biotechnology company Galactic (Brussels), has started up production at its 1,500 m.t./year bio-based polylactic acid...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Futerro-Starts-PLA-Unit-Bayer-Boosts-Polyisocyanates_23175.html |
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