http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:15:15 EDT BASF has widened the scope of the previously announced sale of its styrenics business and announced plans to reorganize its styrenics activities in preparation for divestment. The move follows... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13778.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it is evaluating options for its underperforming paper chemical and its publication ink businesses, including a sale, joint ventures, and marketing and distribution... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13779.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Several European chemical makers say higher selling prices mostly helped offset unfavorable currency exchange rates during the second quarter. Meanwhile, improved demand lifted first-half sales... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13634.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Commission says it has opened an “in-depth” investigation into private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners’ previously announced acquisition of DSM Special... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13635.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT BASF declined to comment on recent press reports that it is seeking to acquire Linde. BASF says it does not comment on “rumors.” The reports quote an unnamed Linde executive, who had... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13636.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT BASF says European Union (EU) regulators have approved four of its pesticides for commercial use across the EU. The pesticides approved are the fungicides epoxiconazole and fenpropimorph... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13580.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT "I believe in being straight with people even if the message is tough and people don’t like what they hear."... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13585.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Kemira said earlier today that it plans to sell its Galvatek (Lahti, Finland) engineering business, which provides engineering services mostly to water treatment plants. Galvatek has... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13563.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT A survey undertaken jointly by CW and IT services firm Itelligence (London) in the past few months has identified that nearly half of chemical firms are feeling a “substantial”... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13564.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT U.K. government body the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA; St. Leonards-on-Sea, U.K.) in its first monthly report on the supply of biofuels in the U.K. has identified that between mid-April to... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/europe_mideast/13549.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT