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BASF Puts Leather Unit on the Block; Speculation on Next CEO

March 15, 2010 | Natasha Alperowicz

BASF has put its leather and textile chemicals business up for sale, following a lengthy period of restructuring and seeking partnerships, CW has learned. The company does not disclose sales of the business, which forms part of its performance chemicals unit...


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Innovate or Die...

The Society of Chemical Industry (American Section) last week awarded the SCI Chemical Industry Medal to Michael Campbell, chairman and CEO of Arch Chemicals. In accepting the award, Campbell reflected on innovation as a driver of growth and success...

Ferro Director Departs, Citing Performance Concerns

Ferro director Michael F. Mee resigned from the company's board following the company's February 26 board meeting, raising several concerns regarding the company's performance and CEO review process, according to an SEC filing....

Weekly Round-Up: Dow Moving Forward

In a week in which Dow Chemical agreed to sell its Styron unit to private equity firm Bain Capital, Dow CEO Andrew Liveris, sat down for a Q&A with CW. He discussed the company's challenging 2009 and its future. Dow wasn't the only company looking to the...

ACC Adds Six New Members

Six companies have newly joined ACC, the group announced today. The six include Clariant Corporation (Charlotte, NC), Cray Valley USA (Exton, PA), Pflaumer Brothers (Ewing, NJ), Southern Chemical (Houston), VanDeMark...

Dow Chemical: Ready to Grow

CEO Andrew Liveris says the company is back on solid ground after a tumultuous 2009, and now has the portfolio needed to accelerate growth in revenues and profit....

New Bayer CEO Will Review Businesses; BMS Reactivates TDI Project in Europe

Marijn E. Dekkers, CEO and chaiman-elect at Bayer, says all three Bayer businesses, HealthCare, CropScience, and Bayer Material Science (BMS)  are leaders in their own right and are core to Bayer, at least for the time being. Speaking to CW on the...

Weekly Round-Up, Feb. 26: BASF's Bounce

BASF returned to profit in the fourth-quarter of 2009, the first since 2008 in which volumes exceeded year-ago levels. However, the world's largest chemical maker warned that recovery will be slow. The company is also not planning any major acquisitions...

ACC: Global Production Indicating 'V-Shaped' Recovery

Global chemical industry production rose for the eleventh consecutive month in January, according to ACC's monthly report on production. The rise totaled 8.2% year-on-year on a three-month, moving average (3MMA) basis, and 0.5% sequentially. The production...

Top UN Climate Official Quits to Join KPMG

Yvo de Boer has overseen four years of climate change negotiations....

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