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Kemira to Acquire Water Treatment Firm in China
Kemira says it will acquire a privately owned water treatment firm, Zibo Huaqing Water Purifying Products Company, in Shandong province, China, to further strengthen its presence in the...

Sanofi-Aventis Completes Acquisition of Australian Firm
Sanofi-Aventis (Paris) says it has completed the acquisition of Australian firm Symbion Consumer (Melbourne)...

DSM to Close Citric Acid Facility in China
DSM says it will close its citric acid manufacturing plant at Wuxi, China by the first quarter of 2009. This decision follows a request from the Wuxi government to relocate the plant as the location is needed for future urban...

PetroChina Posts Big Increases in Chemical Profits and Sales
PetroChina's chemicals business posted a 24% increase in first-half operating profits, to Rmb6.7 billion ($975 million) on sales up 21%, to Rmb60.5 billion. Second-quarter figures were not disclosed...

Bayer Breaks Ground on China TDI Plant
Bayer MaterialScience has started construction of a previously announced toluene diisocyanate (TDI) facility at Caojing, China near Shanghai. The plant will have an initial...

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