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<title>Chemical Week :: Chemical Week Magazine :: Companies</title>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com</link>
<description>Chemical Week</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>2010</copyright>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:55:57 EST</pubDate>

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<title>Debt Market Opens Up</title>
<description>Bonds Are Back, But Uneven debt markets, which froze along with the economy earlier this year, have mounted a rally in the past several months and chemical companies have taken advantage to...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/23442.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Bioethanol from 25 Feedstocks</title>
<description>Start-up Firm TMO Prepares its Versatile Technology for Market Entry TMO Renewables (Guildford, U.K.), a start-up biotechnology firm, says it has developed a process capable of cost-effectively...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/22432.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>China: From Stimulus to Recovery</title>
<description>Changing Gears in a Growth Market While it has not been immune to the global recession, China has continued to enjoy growth that would be the envy of any Western economy, posting a 7.1% GDP gain...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/21842.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>M&amp;amp;A Outlook Remains Hazy</title>
<description>‘Bumping Along the Bottom’ and Uncertain About the Future Chemical M&amp;amp;A, like the economy itself, has stepped back from the abyss. But that does not mean activity is near anything...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/20963.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mexico Rounds the Corner</title>
<description>Past Reforms Have Prevented a Full-Blown Crisis Mexico has suffered more than most countries from the global economic downturn as manufacturing declines were compounded by decreased oil prices...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/20700.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Evonik Degussa: Maintaining Focus Through the Downturn</title>
<description>As global recession dents industry profits, Evonik is charting a course to a more defensible, and profitable, position in specialty chemicals through better alignment with customers and more effective pursuit of innovation....</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/20121.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Biopesticide Firm Sees a Green Future</title>
<description>AgraQuest Capitalizes on Disease-Control and Higher Yield Trends Biopesticide firm AgraQuest (Davis, CA) was founded in 1995 on the principle that the natural world is fertile ground for...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/19523.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Contractor Safety System Debuts</title>
<description>New Database Aims to Improve Inter-Company Communication A pioneering Internet-based system for screening and monitoring contractors is set to go live on June 1 in Texas City, TX. The system...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/19121.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Credit Crunch Drains Liquidity</title>
<description>Companies Have Difficulty Raising Funds The credit crunch and related liquidity crisis is causing problems for chemical makers that need to refinance or restructure debt. “Getting either...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/18826.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Clariant Rebuilds Momentum</title>
<description>Clariant’s focus for the next few years will be on restructuring as well as cash preservation and generation to support profitability and expansion by 2011 and beyond, Hariolf Kottmann...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/18229.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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