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Russia's Acron Group Makes Offer to Buy Polish Chemicals Producer Tarnów

7:50 AM MDT | May 16, 2012 | Natasha Alperowicz

Acron Group (Velikii Novgorod, Russia), through subsidiary Norica Holding S.a.r.l, has announced a tender offer to buy up to 66% stake in Zakłady Azotowe w Tarnowie-Mościcach (Tarnow, Poland). Acron’s price of zl 36/share ($10.5/share), represents a...

Taiwan's Kuokuang Project Likely to Relocate to Malaysia

6:30 AM MDT | May 16, 2012 | Natasha Alperowicz

Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak said on May 13 that a Taiwanese petrochemical company would take part in a refinery and petrochemical project in Malaysia. Najib was speaking at the official launch of the previously announced Rapid refinery and...

IFC Launches Study to Help Improve Chemical Manufacturing Efficiency

Süd-Chemie Launches Improved PDH Catalyst for Catofin Technology

Dynea Divests Paper Overlays Business in Finland to Surfactor

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Distribution: Robust Despite Market Uncertainty



Europe’s chemical distribution sector performed well in 2011, although most of the growth was achieved in the first six months as the economy slowed toward the end of the year. Distributors report signs of a renewed upturn in 2012 in certain regions but...read more»

Blog: Pilot Consumer Product Database to Launch at Helsinki Chemicals Forum
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Petrochemical Industry Fundamentals Workshop

May 16, 2012

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Co-located with the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC), May 17-18, 2012


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CHEMICAL BLOG

Chemicals Safety- A Matter for Specialists Only?

May 16, 2012 | By ANDREAS HERDINA

“Are public bodies, industry and NGOs reaching our citizens?” I will be chairing a panel at the upcoming Helsinki Chemicals Forum dedicated to this very question. My own gut feeling currently suggests the answer to be “no."...

Pharma/Fine Chemicals Roundup – May 15

May 15, 2012 | By DEEPTI RAMESH

BASF ACQUIRES EQUATEQ, A MANUFACTURER OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS BASF says it has acquired Equateq (Isle of Lewis, U.K.), a global leader in the manufacturing of highly concentrated omega-3 fatty acids. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. With this acquisition, BASF extends its portfolio of omega-3 products for the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries with a new...

Americas

NAS to Conduct Review of EPA's IRIS Program

10:20 AM MDT | May 16, 2012 | Kara Sissell

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS; Washington) said today it plans to conduct an assessment of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). This review is distinct from a previous NAS assessment that focused on specific IRIS findings and...

Europe

GSK Acquires Chemical Proteomics Company

1:11 AM MDT | May 16, 2012 | Deepti Ramesh

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK; London) says it has entered into an agreement to acquire those shares it does not currently own in privately held Cellzome (Heidelberg, Germany), a leader in the development and advancement of proteomics technologies, for £61...

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Pharma/Fine Chemicals Roundup – May 15

May 15, 2012 | By Deepti Ramesh

BASF says it has acquired Equateq (Isle of Lewis, U.K.), a global leader in the manufacturing of highly concentrated omega-3 fatty acids. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed...

Asia/Pacific

Hikal Reports Rise in Profits and Sales

3:26 AM MDT | May 15, 2012 | Deepti Ramesh

Hikal (Mumbai), an outsourcing partner to companies in the pharma, biotech, agchem, and specialty chemical industries, has recorded a 7% increase in net profits for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012, to Rs151 million ($2.8 million)...

Mideast/Africa

L&T Group Awarded Contract by Sadara

8:53 AM MDT | May 10, 2012 | Sotirios Frantzanas

Larsen & Toubro ATCO Saudia, a Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Group  joint venture, says it has secured a large procurement and construction...

Viewpoint

Durable Distribution

4:41 PM MDT | May 10, 2012

Distribution results have proven resilient despite difficult conditions in Europe, as this week’s cover story shows (p. 21). Key players posted solid results in 2011 and successfully navigated challenging markets in early 2012. “Most of the...










 
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