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Jacobs renews engineering services agreement with Borealis in Sweden
Jacobs Engineering says it has renewed its frame agreement with Borealis for work at Borealis’s manufacturing facilities at Stenungsund, Sweden. Jacobs, under the five-year frame agreement, is providing engineering, procurement, project management, and...

Report: Stockholm Convention agrees on phaseout of HBCD
The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention has agreed to begin phasing out the use of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in little more than a year, according to a report from Agence France-Presse. HBCD is used in furniture...

Ineos to hive off vinyls into joint venture; Rafnes cracker to stay with Ineos
CW has learned that Ineos is at an advanced stage of discussions with an unnamed party to transfer the Kerling chlor-vinyls business into a joint venture, which would become one of the leading chlor-vinyls players globally. Kerling hopes to announce the name...

Brenntag extends nylon distribution cooperation with Evonik
Brenntag has extended its cooperation with Evonik Industries for the distribution of nylon polymer products in Scandinavia, the company announced today. The region covered by the cooperation now includes the whole of Europe with the exception of Italy...

Tikkurila reports good first-quarter profitability despite weak market development
Tikkurila (Helsinki), the former paints and coatings subsidiary of Kemira, says revenue for the first quarter of 2013 decreased by 6.9%, to €138.4 million ($181.2 million), compared with revenue of €148.6 million in the first quarter of 2012. (Ebit)...

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