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Kemira's Fourth Quarter Operating Profit Up; Will List Tikkurila In March

February 9, 2010 | Natasha Alperowicz

Kemira reported a more than doubling in operating profit, excluding non-recurring items, for the fourth quarter of 2009 to €27.8 million ($38 million), compared with €11.7 million in the year-earlier period on sales 5% lower at €594.7 million...

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M&A Expected to 'Improve Substantially' in 2010

The chemical M&A market is set to "improve substantially" this year, according to Peter Young, president of Young & Partners (Y&P; New York), a boutique investment bank. "We hit a trough in volume in the first quarter of 2009, and a...

Air Products Makes Unsolicited Offer to Acquire Airgas

The bid values Airgas at $7 billion, and would create the largest industrial gases company in North America....

India's KDCL Completes Acquisition of DyStar

DyStar filed for insolvency last year....

Germany's PCC Holds Exclusive Talks to Buy Polish Firms

PCC was selected from a shortlist of six bidders....

Klatten Close to Full Ownership of Altana; Makes Squeeze Out Request

SKion GmbH (Bad Homburg, Germany), the investment company owned by German billionairess Susanne Klatten, has exceeded the threshold of 95% ownership in specialty chemicals company Altana (Wesel, Germany). SKion has, at the same time, requested Altana AG...

Sibur Sells MTBE Unit to Roel Corp.

Sibur (Moscow) says it has agreed to sell its Kauchuk JSC (Volzhskii, Russia) unit to Roel Corp. (Moscow). The deal forms part of Sibur's exit from non-core businesses, the company says. Kauchuk mainly makes...

Ineos Sells Fluorochemicals Unit to Mexichem for $350 Million

Ineos says it has agreed to sell its Ineos Fluor unit to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer Mexichem (Mexico City). The deal includes Ineos’s fluorochemical operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The unit once sold would have sales estimated at...

Ashland Completes Sale of Wood Rosin and Terpenes Business

Ashland says it has completed the previously announced sale of its refined wood rosin and natural wood terpenes business, formerly known as Pinova, to private equity fund manager...

Mining Company Vale to Buy More Fertilizer Assets in Brazil

The company has agreed to acquire assets from Yara after agreeing recently to purchase Bunge's Brazilian fertilizer assets....

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