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POLAND ECHA invites comments on proposals for harmonized classification and labeling of lenacil and boric acid The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has invited comments on two new proposals for harmonized classification and labeling (CLH). The chemicals concerned are lenacil, a uracil herbicide; and boric acid, used in various industrial applications... EBRD acquires stake in Poland's Grupa Azoty The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD; London) has acquired a 5.75% stake in Grupa Azoty (Tarnów, Poland), the country’s largest producer of fertilizers and chemicals, for 296.4 million zlotych ($94.3 million). The investment... Explosion at site in Latvia halts production at two lines An explosion occurred at pharmaceutical company OlainFarm's (Olaine, Lativia) production site at 9.20 a.m. local time today, caused by a toluene vapor leak at the site's nitrofurantoine manufacturing plant, the company confirmed this morning. The facility's... BASF Ciech acquisition BASF says it has completed its acquisition of parts of Ciech’s (Warsaw) toluene diisocyanate (TDI) business. The TDI production facility of Ciech’s subsidiary Zachem (Bydgoszcz, Poland), is not part of the transaction and has been closed down. TDI... PolyOne builds production capacity for vinyl powder compounds in China and Poland PolyOne says it will expand its Geon VBX Series vinyl powder solutions business with new production lines at the company’s existing manufacturing facilities at Kutno, Poland; and Dongguan, China. These tailored, slush-molding powders help automotive... More Stories »
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