http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:28:07 EDT Deal boosts Dow's presence in corn, soybean, and alfalfa seeds... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13518.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT FMC says it has agreed to acquire CoLiving Food Ingredients (Guangzhou, China), for an undisclosed sum. The deal includes an application laboratory at... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13388.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sherwin-Williams (SW) says it has completed a previously announced acquisition of the liquid coatings subsidiaries of Inchem... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13390.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Shell and ExxonMobil say they have abandoned plans to divest Infineum International (Milton Hill, U.K.), their 50-50 fuel and lubricant additives joint venture. Shell and ExxonMobil announced... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13392.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Honam Petrochemical (Seoul) says it will merge with its wholly owned subsidiary Lotte Daesan Petrochemical... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13399.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Rockwood Holdings says it has agreed to acquire Nalco’s finishing technologies business for approximately $75 million. The deal includes a manufacturing plant at Jackson, MI, and is... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13403.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Unilver says it has agreed to sell its laundry detergent business in Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. to private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners (New York), in a deal valued at about $1.45... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13404.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Roche has announced plans to acquire two biotechnology firms in North America. The company says it has agreed to purchase biotech company Arius Research (Toronto) for about C$191 million ($187... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13419.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Petach Tikva, Israel) says it has completed the acquisition of Bentley Pharmaceuticals (Exeter, NH) for about $360 million. Bentley produces generic... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13420.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 3M says it has agreed to acquire polyurethane-based structural adhesives and sealants producers EMFI (Haguenau, France) and SAPO (Haguenau). EMFI and SAPO together employ... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/13424.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT