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Archives :: Chemical Week Magazine :: Top of the Week
Displaying 81 - 100 of 381 stories.
October 7, 2011
Liveris: Maintaining financial targets. Dow Chemical says it expects to meet previously projected financial targets and earnings estimates, including plans to deliver $10 billion in...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Dow-Chemical-Reaffirms-Earnings-Targets_38129.html September 26, 2011
Sasol says it plans a project to build an integrated U.S. gas-to-liquids (GTL) and chemicals complex, its first GTL investment in the U.S. The company says it will conduct a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Sasol-Plans-GTL-Chemicals-Project-for-Lake-Charles_37856.html September 12, 2011
European Commission vice president Antonio Tajani and Cefic president Georgio Squinzi jointly opened a four-day exhibition earlier this month within the commission’s headquarters...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/European-Commission-and-Cefic-Strengthen-Relations_37484.html September 9, 2011
Crotty: Actively seeking investments. Yu: Aiming to expand regional sales. A growing number of chemical industry leaders seek new investment opportunities in China as the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/CW-Conference-China-Is-a-Hot-Target-for-Chemical-Projects_37485.html August 29, 2011
Marcinowski: A fast-growing market. Fadigas: Benefits for the whole chain. BASF has confirmed plans announced earlier this year to invest in a world-scale acrylic acid, butyl acrylate...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/BASF-to-Build-Acrylic-Acid-and-SAP-Complex-in-Brazil_37173.html August 29, 2011
Prevost: Cash could fund acquisitions. Cabot has agreed to sell its Supermetals unit, primarily a maker of tantalum and alloys, to Global Advanced Metals (GAM; Perth, Australia) for...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Cabot-Sells-Tantalum-Business-for-$400-Million_37172.html August 22, 2011
Producers are keeping a sharp eye on order patterns but say there have been no signs of deterioration despite the sharp falls in stock prices and economic turmoil. The CW 75 stock...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Chemical-Makers-Shrug-Off-Market-Turmoil-So-Far_37031.html August 8, 2011
Second-quarter profits at U.S. basic and diversified chemical firms benefited from demand growth and higher selling prices, which in most cases were enough to offset rising raw...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Earnings-Mostly-Beat-Analyst-Estimates-at-Diversified-Firms_36713.html July 22, 2011
Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, partners in a previously announced multibillion-dollar petrochemicals joint venture in Saudi Arabia, are expected to announce the go-ahead for the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Approval-for-Aramco-Dow-Petchems-JV-Expected-Soon-IPO-Planned_36347.html July 22, 2011
Baker: Water was a target opportunity. Ecolab has reached an agreement to acquire Nalco for $8.1 billion, in a bid to extend Ecolab’s leading franchise in industrial and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Ecolab-Wades-into-Water-Treatment-with-Bid-for-Nalco_36346.html July 8, 2011
The World Trade Organization (WTO; Geneva) has ruled that China’s practice of restricting exports of certain key raw materials, including some used extensively by the chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/WTO-Rules-Against-Chinas-curbs-on-Raw-Material-Exports_36021.html July 8, 2011
Swift: U.S. manufacturing growth slowing. ACC says in its mid-year outlook that it expects U.S. chemicals output to rise 4.1% this year followed by 3.5% in 2012, despite uncertain U.S...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/ACC-and-Cefic-Raise-Output-Forecasts-Boosted-by-Exports_36022.html June 24, 2011
Büchner: Takes helm in 2012. AkzoNobel’s supervisory board has appointed Ton Büchner as the company’s next CEO, following a decision by Hans Wijers to step down at...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/AkzoNobel-Names-Ton-Buchner-as-its-Next-CEO_35764.html June 24, 2011
the U.S. has added eight substances including styrene and formaldehyde to its federal Report on Carcinogens (RoC). Styrene and five others are listed as “reasonably anticipated” to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/U-S-Adds-Formaldehyde-and-Styrene-to-Carcinogens-List_35765.html June 15, 2011
Shell Chemicals is developing plans to build a world-scale ethylene plant integrated with derivative units atop Marcellus Shale natural gas deposits in the U.S. Northeast. The company...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Shell-Chemicals-Eyes-Ethylene-and-PE-Plants-in-U-S-Northeast_35457.html May 31, 2011
DuPont has clinched the acquisition of a controlling stake in Danisco, at DK700/share in cash. The deal values Danisco at DK33.4 billion ($6.4 billion). DuPont says the deal positions...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/DuPont-Succeeds-with-Increased-Bid-for-Danisco_35098.html May 31, 2011
Ethylene capacity in China is set to increase by 16 million m.t./year by 2016, and demand for petrochemicals will remain strong in the next few years, delegates at the Asia...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/APIC-2011-China-Accelerates-Ethylene-Build_35097.html May 16, 2011
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has agreed to publish the names of companies producing chemicals classified under the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/ECHA-Agrees-to-Publish-Names-of-Companies-Producing-Toxic-Chemicals-in-Europe_34824.html May 16, 2011
DuPont says it will invest $500 million to build a 200,000-m.t./year titanium dioxide (TiO2) production line at its Altamira, Mexico facility by the end of 2014, as part of a global...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/DuPont-Plans-Global-TiO2-Boost-Including-New-Plant-in-Mexico_34823.html May 16, 2011
Diversified and specialty chemical firms posted strong first-quarter sales and earnings on continuing demand recovery across the globe. Rising raw material costs ate into some profits...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/top_of_the_week/Sales-and-Profits-Surge-on-Higher-Volumes-and-Pricing_34663.html |
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