Chemical Week :: World News and Views :: Europe http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:15:03 EDT Teva to Acquire Ratiopharm for $4.9 Billion Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (Petah Tikva, Israel), the leading generics pharmaceutical company in the world, says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ratiopharm (Ulm... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25488.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Indonesian Company Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Tanker Firm Ceco The deal would have created the world's biggest chemical tanker fleet.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25492.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Lanxess Agrees on Restart of DyStar Plants in Germany The deal follows DyStar's acquisition by Indian firm KDCL.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25493.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Borealis Returns to Profit in the Fourth Quarter; Full-Year Results Drop  Borealis reported fourth-quarter 2009 net income of €13 million, compared to a loss of €122 million, on sales down 6%, to €1.3 billion. Operating profit was €11... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25471.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Altana Reports Lower Sales and Earnings Cost reductions supported margins, however.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25473.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Shell Doubles Its Planned Job Cuts The company also plans to 'improve' its chemicals assets.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25474.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Linde's Gases Division Reports a Fall in Full-Year Results  Linde reported 2009 net income down 16%, to €653 million, on sales down 12%, to €11.2 billion. The gases division's operating profit slipped 2%, to €2.4 billion, on sales... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25448.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Lanxess Returns to Profit in the Fourth Quarter The company also expects significant earnings improvement in 2010.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25450.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Ineos Plans to Refinance Debt  Ineos says its plans to issue senior secured notes and term loans to prepay a significant proportion of its senior term loan debt. The notes and term loans have maturity of at least five... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25451.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT NGO Presses for Adoption of Cumulative Risk Assessment ChemTrust (London), a non-government organization, is pressing regulators to adopt measures that recognize the synergistic adverse effects of synthetic chemicals on human health and the... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25452.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT