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September 14, 2012
RPM International has acquired Kirker Enterprises (Paterson, NJ), a manufacturer of nail care enamels, coatings components, and other personal care products. Financial terms were not...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/RPM-Acquires-Personal-Care-Manufacturer-Kirker_46230.html September 14, 2012
Rockwood Holdings says it has split its Chemetall lithium subsidiary into separate, legal entities: Chemetall and Rockwood Lithium. Chemetall will consist of Rockwood’s surface...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Rockwood-Splits-Chemetall-Business-into-Two-Units_46231.html September 14, 2012
Asahi Kasei says its Asahi Kasei E-materials (Tokyo) subsidiary has begun commercial operations at a new slitting facility for the company’s Hipore brand lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Asahi-Kasei-Starts-Battery-Plant_46232.html September 14, 2012
Paul Raymond has left his post as senior v.p. and president of Ashland’s water technologies business, according to a regulatory filing. John Panichella, senior v.p. and president of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Ashland-Water-Exec-Departs_46233.html September 14, 2012
Perstorp says it has signed a new distribution agreement with Alcouro Comercial de Couros in Brazil. Alcouro is responsible for distributing Perstorp’s products for the tanning...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Perstorp-Distribution-Deal_46234.html August 31, 2012
Production from Molycorp (Greenwood Village, CO) and Lynas (Sydney)—the first major miners of rare earths outside China since the 1990s—is expected to help stabilize the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/New-Capacity-to-Stabilize-Rare-Earths-Market_45899.html August 31, 2012
Rhodia is doubling capacity of its entire production pipeline for fluorinated aliphatic derivatives at Salindres, France, and in China. The investment will boost production capacity...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Rhodia-Doubles-Aliphatics_45900.html August 31, 2012
FMC says it has agreed to acquire Pectine Italia (Milan), a manufacturer of pectin for the food ingredient market. The acquisition marks FMC’s entry into the pectin market, enhancing...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/FMC-Buys-Pectin-Maker_45901.html August 31, 2012
Koppers says it is entering into a majority-owned joint venture with Yizhou Group (Pizhou, China) to design and construct a tar distillation plant at Pizhou, Jiangsu Province, China...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Koppers-Forms-China-Tar-JV_45902.html August 20, 2012
Fleming: Growth in autos using composites. Cytec Industries and luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover (Gaydon, U.K.) have entered into a collaboration agreement covering the development...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Cytec-Jaguar-Land-Rover-Sign-Collaboration-Agreement_45664.html August 17, 2012
Growth prospects for the water treatment chemicals sector vary depending on the application and end market, producers and analysts say. Industrial applications are doing well in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Industrial-Applications-Drive-New-Growth_45663.html August 17, 2012
Videbæk: Milestone for biochem industry. Novozymes (Copenhagen) says it has developed a fungus that enables production of malic acid from renewable raw materials. Malic acid is...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Novozymes-Develops-Fungus-That-Produces-Malic-Acid_45686.html August 17, 2012
Clariant says it has inaugurated Germany’s largest cellulosic ethanol pilot plant. The €28 million ($34 million) plant, located at Straubing, in Bavaria, has the capacity to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Clariant-Starts-Cellulosic-Unit_45688.html August 17, 2012
Elevance Renewable Sciences (Woodbridge, IL) and hte (Heidelberg) say they will collaborate to develop biobased lubricant base oils and polymers using hte’s high-throughput autoclave...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Elevance-hte-to-Collaborate_45689.html August 17, 2012
Showa Denko says it has started producing the biodegradable polyester resin Bionolle on a commercial scale using bioderived succinic acid at the company’s site at Tatsuno, Japan...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Showa-Denko-Ramps-Up-Bionelle_45690.html August 17, 2012
W.R. Grace says it has signed a multi-year agreement with Braskem (São Paulo) to develop process technologies and catalyst solutions to produce green chemicals. The agreement is...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Grace-Braskem-Catalyst-Deal_45691.html August 17, 2012
Axens, public-sector research entity IFP Energies nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France), and pyrolysis fuel technology company Dynamotive (Vancouver, BC) say they will jointly develop...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Axens-Joins-Pyrolysis-Oils-Effort_45692.html August 6, 2012
The European Commission has issued new rules on biocides that are expected to streamline and simplify the regulatory directive, called the biocidal product regulation (BPR). The new...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Europe-Seeks-to-Streamline-Biocidal-Product-Regulations_45390.html August 3, 2012
Evonik Industries says its catalysts business has agreed with BioAmber (Minneapolis, MN) on a long-term cooperation regarding the development and manufacturing of catalysts for making...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Evonik-BioAmber-Catalysts-Deal_45391.html August 3, 2012
Arkema says it has brought onstream a 50% increase in fluorinated polymer production capacity at its Changshu, China site. The new line is dedicated to the production of the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/specialty_chemicals/Arkema-PVDF-Expansion_45392.html |
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