<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0">
<channel>

<title>Chemical Week :: Regions :: South America :: Argentina</title>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com</link>
<description>Chemical Week</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>2008</copyright>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:38:47 EST</pubDate>

<item>
<title>Brenntag Buys Argentine Distributor</title>
<description>Brenntag says it has acquired the chemical distribution assets of polyurethane and industrial chemical distributor Inquimex (Buenos Aires) for an undisclosed sum. Inquimex’s customers...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/15493.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Syngenta Buys Argentine Seeds Firm</title>
<description>Syngenta says it has agreed to acquire SPS Argentina (Buenos Aires), a corn, soybean, and sunflower seed company. Terms were not...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/15360.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Gail India Plans Petchem Project in Colombia</title>
<description>Gail India (New Delhi) plans to set up a ‘mega’ petrochemical plant in Colombia, and Reliance Industries could be a partner in the...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/14087.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Shell and ExxonMobil Scrap Plans to Divest Infineum...</title>
<description>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...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/13392.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>First-Quarter Earnings Fall at Total, Rhodia, and Solvay</title>
<description>Rhodia, Solvay, and Total posted declines in first-quarter net income, mainly because of higher raw material costs and unfavorable currency exchange rates. Selling price hikes were not enough to...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/11977.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Alfa Completes PET Acquisition</title>
<description>Grupo Alfa (Moneterrey, Mexico) says it has completed the previously announced acquisitions of Eastman Chemical’s Cosoleacaque, Mexico and Zarate, Argentina...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/9281.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Assessing Latin America’s Potential</title>
<description>Major M&amp;amp;A deals in Brazil this year will advance the long-sought consolidation of Brazil’s petrochemical industry, and further broaden Petrobras’ and Braskem’s leading...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/9320.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Alfa Buys Eastman’s PET Plants in Argentina and Mexico</title>
<description>Grupo Alfa (Monterrey, Mexico) says it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Eastman Chemical’s 150,000-m.t./year Cosoleacaque, Mexico and 185,000-m.t./year Zárate...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/7953.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Alfa Acquires Eastman PET Plants in Latin America</title>
<description>Grupo Alfa will acquire Eastman plants at Cosoleacaque, Mexico and Zarate, Argentina....</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/7732.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
<title>Lanxess Hit by Strike in Argentina</title>
<description>Lanxess says a regional strike in Argentina has caused it to declare force majeure on supply obligations to its customers in the leather industry, mostly in Latin America. The strike by the...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/6935.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
</item>



</channel>
</rss>