http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 6:21:20 EDT AllessaChemie (Frankfurt), Europe’s largest privately owned toll manufacturer of non-GMP specialty chemicals, told CW at the recently held Chemspec Europe expo in Münich that its... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/12777.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Albemarle has agreed to acquire mercury control provider Sorbent Technologies (Twinsburg, OH) for roughly $20 million.... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/12336.html Thu, 5 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Climbing energy costs are not holding back catalysts producers. Profits are increasing at these firms as refining, petchem, and polymer producers increase the use of catalysts to reduce energy... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/11619.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT W.R. Grace has settled current and future asbestos-related health claims for about $1.8 billion. Grace chairman and CEO Fred Festa says the settlement is “a very important step” in the company’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Asbestos litigation experts say the settlement agreement was substantially below the more than $5 billion claimants had sought.... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/11291.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Shell Global Solutions International, a Shell Chemicals subsidiary, says it has signed a contract to license its ethylene oxide-ethylene glycol (EO-EG) technology to PetroChina... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/11017.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT W.R. Grace says it will boost capacity of specialty aluminas at Lake... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/10739.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT W.R. Grace says it will boost capacity of specialty aluminas at Lake Charles, LA in order to meet “growing demand” for refining catalysts. Grace’s aluminas are used to produce... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/10681.html Tue, 4 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EST Bayer MaterialScience (BMS), Bayer Technology Services, and Rheinisch-Westfälisch Technische Hochschule university (RWTH; Aachen, Germany) have opened a new catalysis R&D center at... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/10633.html Mon, 3 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EST UOP and Total Petrochemicals say that Viva Methanol Ltd, a subsidiary of Eurochem Technologies (Singapore), will license the companies jointly developed technology for a previously announced... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/10106.html Wed, 30 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST DSM’s venture capital arm DSM Venturing says it has made an unspecified investment in Novomer (Ithaca, New York), a materials technology start-up. Novomer is developing a technology... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/catalysts_and_licensing/9510.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST