http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:26:55 EDT Arkema reported second-quarter net income up 60%, to Euro60 million, on sales up 1%, to Euro1.5 billion. Sales rose primarily due to higher selling prices in the industrial chemicals and... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13501.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT PolyOne reported net income for the second quarter of $8.8 million (9 cts/share), up compared to a net loss of $5.4 million for the year-ago quarter. The results include charges of $2.5 million... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13502.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT OM Group reported net income from continuing operations of $56.6 million ($1.88/share), a 28.3% increase compared with the year-ago quarter. Sales more than doubled to $511 million, reflecting... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13503.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Koppers Holdings reported net income for the second quarter of $24.3 million, a 9% increase over the year-ago quarter. The current quarter includes pre-tax charges of $1.4 million related to a... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13504.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT American Vanguard posted net income for the second quarter of $4.3 million (16 cts/share), up 21% compared with the year-ago quarter, on sales... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13505.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Commission says it has opened an "in-depth" investigation into private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners' previously announced acquisition of DSM Special Products (DSP) from DSM... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13506.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Connell Bros. (San Francisco), specialty chemicals distributor, says it has taken full control of its Taiwan operations, CBC Taiwan, by repurchasing the shares owned by its... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13507.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Company Today Yesterday Air Products (APD) 89.15 90.01 Airgas (ARG) 58.03 57.89 Arch (ARJ) 33.79 33.50 Albemarle (ALB) 39.75 39.63 Ashland (ASH) 39.53 40.82 Cabot (CBT) 26.60 26.80 Chemtura... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13508.html Thu, 7 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Georgia Gulf reported net income for the second quarter of $27.9 million (80 cts/share), including a pre-tax gain from asset sales of $31.1 million, compared to a net loss of $4.2 million... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13487.html Wed, 6 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Arabian Industrial Fibres Co. (Ibn Rushd, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia), an affiliate of Sabic, says it will build a 525,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant at Yanbu... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/13488.html Wed, 6 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT