Chemical Week :: Regions :: Western Europe :: Belgium http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:37:17 EST AstraZeneca to Close Three Plants; Cut 1400 Jobs by 2013 Pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca says it will permanently close its three plants located at Destelbergen, Belgium; Porrino, Spain; and Umea, Sweden and the company also plans to cut jobs at its... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/15466.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Cefic Predicts That EU Chemicals Output Will Decline in 2008 and 2009 Forecasts made in mid-2008 have been downgraded due to the economic malaise.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/15455.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Solvay Drops Sulfur Surcharge Solvay says it will suspend the sulfur surcharge it implemented in August on... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/15411.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST EU Chemical Output Declines Output of chemicals, excluding pharmaceuticals, declined 0.5% in the European Union (EU) in August compared with the... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/15220.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Belgian Firm Puts PA Unit up for Sale Proviron (Ostend, Belgium) says it plans to divest all or part of its phthalic anhydride (PA) and phthalates business at Ostend. The... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/14967.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Plastics Recovery Hits 50% in Europe The recovery of plastics in Europe reached 50% for the first time in 2007, according to a report by plastics manufacturing and recycling groups PlasticsEurope (Brussels), EuPC... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/14969.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Belgian Firm Puts Phthalic Anhydride Business up for Sale Proviron intends to focus on functional chemicals.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/14935.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Responsible Care Moves into Transportation Cefic and the European Chemical Transport Association (ECTA; Brussels) say they have signed an agreement to launch a Responsible Care initiative in the European chemical land transport sector... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/14936.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT BP Reaffirms Commitment to Petrochemicals Planned investments will expand the business.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/14894.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT EU Committee Votes to Charge Industry for Emission Permits Perroy: Industry favors benchmarking. The European Parliament’s environment committee has voted to adopt the European Commission’s proposals to toughen the European Union (EU)... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/belgium/14823.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT