http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:28:31 EDT Monsanto says it has entered into a five-year partnership with Evogene (Rehovot, Israel) focused on identifying plant genes that improve yield, fertilizer utilization, and a plant’s... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13931.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Prices and volumes rose, as did raw material costs.... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13851.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lanxess says it plans to combine its Canadian and U.S. operations into one regional unit that will be based in Pittsburgh. Both Lanxess Corp., the North... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13755.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex, a 50/50 joint venture of Dow Chemical and Reichhold, says it will cease business activities before year-end. Dow and Reichhold say the shut down includes the... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13766.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Roche says it has signed an agreement to sell worldwide rights of four of its pharmaceutical products to specialty pharma company Meda (Solna, Sweden) for a total of €120 million ($176... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13790.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Randy Dearth, president and CEO of Lanxess Corp., will head the combined North American service organization.... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13731.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it is evaluating options for its paper business and its publication inks business. The company says it is also in the process of planning a joint venture to expand... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13701.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (Tokyo) is aiming for higher, more profitable ground. The company, Japan’s largest chemical maker, is targeting the higher-value performance products for which it has market or technology advantages, and de-emphasizing petrochemicals.... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13645.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Evonik’s Degussa chemicals division reported first-half Ebit up 17%, to €608 million ($895 million), on sales up 11%, to €5.9 billion. Higher selling prices in most businesses and improved... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13688.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sud-Chemie reported first-half operating profit down 2%, to €54 million ($80 million), on sales up 7%, to €570 million. The specialty chemicals, and adsorbents and catalysts... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/companies/13583.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT