Chemical Week :: Regions :: Western Europe http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 9:36:39 EST Yara International Will Not Raise Offer for Terra Industries Yara International said today that it will not raise its offer for Terra Industries to match or exceed a bid form CF Industries Holdings.  Yara agreed last month to buy Terra for $4.1... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25370.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Dynea's Profits Fall on Lower Volumes and Selling Prices Dynea reported a €46-million loss for full-year 2009, compared to earnings of €5.6 million including special items in both years. Operating results dropped 83%, to €3.9 million... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25290.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Maire Tecnimont Acquires Sofipart, Owner of Technip KTI Engineering group Maire Tecnimont (Rome) has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Sofipart S.r.l, a company that controls 76.1% of KTI Management, which, in turn, owns 75% of Technip... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25292.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST BASF's 2009 Energy Efficiency Measures to Yield Annual Savings of $53 Million Energy efficiency measures implemented by BASF in 2009 are set to make annual energy savings for the company totalling €39 million ($53 million), the company says. The savings are... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25264.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Pessimism Pervades Lead up to Next Round of Climate Negotiations The first round of formal United Nations (U.N.) climate change negotiations will take place in April in Bonn, Germany surrounded by pessimism. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for climate... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25265.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Sanofi-Aventis and Merck & Co. to Create Global Leader in Animal Health Sanofi-Aventis (Paris) and Merck & Co., have announced that Sanofi-Aventis has exercised its option to combine its Merial unit with Intervet/Schering-Plough (Boxmeer, the Netherlands)... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25234.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Kemira and VTT to Establish Water Treatment Research Center  Kemira and The Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) will establish a Center of Water Efficiency Excellence in Finland, which will focus on developing new technology to enhance water... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25235.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Lonza Forms Alliance and Acquires Stake in U.S. Drug Discovery Tech Firm Lonza says it has signed an agreement with drug discovery technology company Odyssey Thera (San Ramon, CA) to make Odyssey Thera’s proprietary protein-fragment complementation assay (PCA)... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25238.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Bayer MaterialScience Acquires Artificial Muscle Inc., an Electroactive Polymers Business Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has acquired Artificial Muscle Inc., (AMI; Sunnyvale, CA), a leader in the field of electroactive polymers for the consumer electronics industry. Financial details... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25239.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Researchers Find Greener Way to Process PET Fibers Researchers at the University of Torino in Italy found that treating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers with a low-temperature, partially ionized gas increased the fibers' affinity for water.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/25254.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST