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Kemira Reports Higher Net Profits but Lower Sales
Kemira says net profit from continuing operations in the fourth quarter of 2011 was €37.8 million ($50 million), 51% higher than the €25.1 million reported in the same quarter of 2010. Earnings per share (EPS) also increased 60% year over year, to...

Reach: 2,300 Substances Identified So Far for 2013 Registration
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says a recent survey of industry shows chemical firms plan to register 2,300 substances for the next phase of the European Union’s (EU) Reach legislation taking place in May 2013. The next Reach registration...

Tikkurila Details Job Cuts
Paints and coatings company Tikkurila (Vantaa, Finland) has confirmed details of previously announced workforce reductions in Finland. The company says it will cut 62 jobs in Finland, having said last November that it would cut up to 100 jobs there...

Neste Oil to Build a Pilot Plant for the Production of Waste-Based Microbial Oil
Neste Oil (Helsinki) announced the construction of a pilot plant to produce microbial oil based on waste, at Porvoo, Finland. The pilot plant will be the first designed to produce microbial oil for use in manufacturing renewable fuel from waste-based raw...

Brenntag Announces Regional Expansion of Agreement with Colonial Chemical
Brenntag Specialties Europe, a Brenntag subsidiary, has announced that it has been named exclusive distributor for Colonial Chemical (South Pittsburg, TN) in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. This agreement expands the...

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