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Reach regulations will apply to Croatia from 1 July
Chemical companies in Croatia manufacturing or importing substances in quantities of more than 1 m.t./year need to preregister these substances with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) by 1 January 2014, following Croatia's accession to the...

Reports: Preliminary bids for Oltchim privatization to be published 4 June
Preliminary bids for the privatization of Oltchim (Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania) are to be published on 4 June, Varujan Vosganian, Romania's minister of the economy, said at a press conference, according to a report from the national news agency...

Report: Romania's Oltchim to lay off 25% of its staff
Indebted petrochemical producer Oltchim (Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania), will lay off a quarter of its staff starting next week, according to reports in the Romanian press. About 600 of the 900 job cuts will take place at the company's main production...

Reports: European Commission rejects government aid scheme for Oltchim
The European Commission has rejected a request by the Romanian government to supply debt-burdened petrochemical manufacturer Oltchim (Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania) with €20 million ($26 million) in state aid, Romanian media sources report. The...

Brenntag opens coatings lab in Hungary
Brenntag has expanded its service portfolio for the coating and construction industry at its technical center in Budapest with the opening of an applications laboratory. The new lab offers applications technology and test equipment for polymer...

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