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AkzoNobel Steps up Research into Anticorrosion Coatings
AkzoNobel has unveiled a five-year research partnership with the University of Manchester (Manchester, U.K.) to investigate the science of anti-corrosion coatings. When the research begins April 1 of this year it will be the world’s largest academic...

BP Reports 60% Decrease in Petrochemical Earnings
BP says that earnings on a replacement cost basis, before interest and taxes, for its petrochemical business in the fourth quarter of 2011 were $96 million, 60% lower than the $243 million reported in the same quarter of 2010. Sales figures were not disclosed but...

Aesica to Expand HPAPI Capacity at Two Sites in U.K.
Aesica Pharmaceuticals (Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.), a provider of active pharma ingredients (API), formulations, and custom synthesis, says it plans to upgrade its API manufacturing facilities, enabling it to manufacture high potency APIs (HPAPIs) at...

Shell Chemicals Reports Decrease in Earnings
Shell Chemicals says earnings on a current costs of supplies (CCS) basis in the fourth quarter of 2011 were $380 million, 23% lower than $493 million in the same quarter of...

Ineos Reports Stable Fourth-Quarter Ebitda
Ineos says that, "based on unaudited preliminary management information," the company estimates that its fourth-quarter 2011 Ebitda was €220 million, down 1% on the corresponding period of 2010. The figures are for Ineos's chemicals business ...

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