http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:27:06 EST AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry, a unit of AkzoNobel, says it has acquired part of Kao Chemicals Europe... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/15037.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Several surfactant suppliers to the soaps and detergents industry say they are raising prices and/or implementing temporary voluntary allowances (TVA) to offset the continuing increase in... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/12615.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Croda International (Goole, U.K.) says it has agreed to sell its U.S. oleochemicals business (Chicago) to private equity firm HIG Capital (Miami) for £46.7 million ($91.5 million). The... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/11839.html Thu, 8 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT AkzoNobel reported first-quarter net income from continuing operations down 4%, to €136 million ($210 million), excluding €151 million in charges mostly related to its ICI acquisition, which... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/11817.html Wed, 7 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Pilot Chemical says it has raised list and off-list prices by 0.5-3.0 cts/lb on a range of surfactants, including: oil soluble alkyl... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/7628.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 0:00:00 EDT Sasol says it will cease production of linear alkylbenzene (LAB) at Porto Torres, Italy and Baltimore for “an indefinite period of time,” and close its Bad... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/6902.html Wed, 18 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT Akzo Nobel says it is ready to grow its chemical business following a major reshaping of the business’s portfolio. The restructuring involved divestment of 16 businesses over the last few... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/6699.html Wed, 27 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT Dow Chemical and Pilot Chemical have each raised surfactants prices. Dow says it will increase prices by 3 cts/lb for certain North American nonylphenol ethoxylate... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/6384.html Wed, 16 May 2007 0:00:00 EDT BASF says it has agreed to divest its Chemische Fabrik Wibarco (Ibbenbüren, Germany) linear alkyl benzene (LAB) and linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS) business, to Hansa Chemie... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/6165.html Wed, 25 Apr 2007 0:00:00 EDT Rhodia says it has completed a multimillion-dollar upgrade at its Blue Island, IL surfactants plant. The project included an... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/surfactants/5498.html Wed, 31 Jan 2007 0:00:00 EST