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Archives :: Chemical Week Magazine :: Top of the Week
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December 16, 2010
Yule Catto (Harlow, U.K.) says it has agreed to acquire PolymerLatex (Marl, Germany) from private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners (London) for €443 million ($585.7 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Yule-Catto-to-Acquire-PolymerLatex-for-443-Million_31685.html December 10, 2010
Arkema plans to acquire Total’s coating resins and photocure resins activities for a €550- million ($736-million) enterprise value. The deal would bolster Arkema’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Arkema-to-Buy-Totals-Coating-and-Photocure-Resins-Units_31480.html December 10, 2010
BASF and Ineos have agreed to combine their styrenics operations into a 50-50 joint venture, Styrolution. The new company’s sales will be in excess of €5 billion/year ($6.7...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/BASF-and-Ineos-Combine-Styrenics-Businesses_31481.html November 30, 2010
BASF has reached an agreement with employee representatives at its Ludwigshafen complex that pledges investments of €9 billion-€10 billion ($12.1 billion-$13.5 billion) and no...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/BASF-Pledges-$12-Billion-Investment-at-Ludwigshafen_31258.html November 30, 2010
India has imposed definitive antidumping duties on imports of polypropylene (PP) from Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. The Department of Revenue at the Ministry of Finance (New...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/India-Firms-Up-Antidumping-Duties-on-PP-Imports_31285.html November 19, 2010
ACC president and CEO Cal Dooley said last week that industry will not back away from efforts to overhaul the Toxic Substances Reform Act (TSCA) despite changes in control of Congress...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/TSCA-Boiler-Regulations-Top-ACCs-2011-Policy-Agenda_31095.html November 19, 2010
Petronas Chemicals (Kuala Lumpur) says it raised RM12.8 billion ($4.1 billion) after pricing its shares at the top end of the projected range for its previously announced initial...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Petronas-Chemicals-Raises-$4-1-Billion-in-IPO_31094.html November 12, 2010
Chemtura exited from bankruptcy protection last week, some 20 months after sharp demand declines and debt burdens drained liquidity and forced a Chapter 11 filing. The company’s...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Chemtura-Exits-Bankruptcy_30924.html November 12, 2010
Ashland has agreed to sell its distribution business to private equity firm TPG Capital (Fort Worth, TX) for $930 million. “The sale completes a major step in our multi-year...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Sale-of-Distribution-Takes-Ashland-to-Its-Specialties-Core_30925.html October 29, 2010
Basic and diversified chemical companies posted big profit gains in the quarter ended September 30, and most beat the consensus of analysts’ estimates as reported by Thomson One (New...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Margin-Growth-Helps-Diversified-Firms-Beat-Estimates_30587.html October 15, 2010
LyondellBasell says shares of its common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 14. Class A ordinary shares will trade under the symbol LYB and Class B...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/LyondellBasell-Lists-on-New-York-Stock-Exchange_30229.html October 15, 2010
Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) says it will build a 200,000-m.t./year linear alpha olefins (LAO) plant at its Cedar Bayou complex in Baytown, TX. The 1-hexene plant is expected to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/CPChem-to-Build-U-S-LAO-Unit-CEO-Departs-to-ConocoPhillips_30230.html October 11, 2010
AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) is planning an initial public offering (IPO) worth at least $400 million on the London Stock Exchange, the company announced earlier this month...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/AZ-Electronic-Materials-Plans-IPO_30036.html October 8, 2010
A European Food Safety Authority (EFSA; Brussels) advisory panel has concluded there is no scientific data to support revising its Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) level for bisphenol A...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/European-Authorities-Reject-Bid-to-Revise-BPA-Standards_30037.html September 24, 2010
Evonik Industries says it has decided to divest its carbon black business. The company announced last July that it was considering options for the business including divestment. Evonik...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Evonik-to-Divest-Its-Carbon-Black-Business_29769.html September 24, 2010
PotashCorp has filed suit to block BHP Billiton’s $38.6-billion hostile takeover bid, claiming the Australian mining firm’s offer is “built upon false and misleading statements...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/PotashCorp-Sues-to-Block-BHP-Billitons-Takeover-Bid_29770.html September 17, 2010
Private equity firm Apollo Management (New York) says it is merging Momentive Performance Materials and Hexion to create one of the world’s largest specialty chemicals and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Apollo-to-Merge-Momentive-and-Hexion_29593.html September 17, 2010
Eastman Chemical has raised its third-quarter and full-year 2010 earnings estimates on improved selling prices and strong sales volumes that outpaced normal seasonal patterns...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Eastman-Raises-Third-Quarter-Earnings-Estimates_29594.html September 10, 2010
Airgas has spurned Air Products’ latest acquisition offer, once again dismissing it as an “opportunistic attempt to cut off the Airgas stockholders’ ability to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Airgas-Rejects-Air-Products-Sweetened-Offer_29404.html September 3, 2010
The Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE; Rio de Janeiro) has fined five industrial gases firms for forming a cartel to limit competition. The firms named by...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Brazil-Antitrust-Authorities-Fine-Gases-Firms-for-Alleged-Cartel-Activity_29204.html |
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