http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:50:46 EST Biotechnology firm Metabolix (Cambridge, MA) is nearing the finish line in what has been a more than 10-year endeavor to commercialize polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a family of biobased... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/15550.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST When KMG Chemicals (Houston) unveiled its five-year plan for growth back in 2007—to achieve annual sales of $250 million by 2012—the goal seemed very ambitious, since at the time the company... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/14641.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The departure of Clariant CEO Jan Secher came as a surprise to some analysts because the company is in the process of a sweeping restructuring aimed at reducing costs and boosting selling prices... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/14202.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (PCS), a joint venture between Shell Chemicals and a Japanese consortium led by Sumitomo Chemical, is working on several value-adding investment projects... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/13436.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Kuraray (Tokyo) has recorded 14% decrease in net profits to ¥6.53 billion ($61 million), for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008, as compared to the same period last fiscal. And sales fell... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/13342.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lucite International (Southampton, U.K.), the biggest producer of methyl methacrylate (MMA), is on the threshold of what promises to be the most dynamic phase in its history. The company is... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/13286.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Khusrokhan: Exploring new markets and businesses. Tata Chemicals (Mumbai) became the second-largest producer of soda ash, with total capacity of 5.5 million m.t./year, following the $1-billion... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/12765.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Brunner Mond has benefited in a number of ways from its 2006 acquisition by Tata Chemicals, John Kerrigan, managing director of Brunner Mond, tells CW. “Under Tata’s ownership, we... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/12766.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT DuPont and Genencor, a division of Danisco, have formed a 50-50 joint venture to commercialize low-cost technology for cellulosic ethanol. The companies say the jv, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/11899.html Wed, 14 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Azelis is one of the recent success stories of the European chemical distribution sector. The company was formed in 2001 through a private equity-backed merger of two small distributors, one... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/companies/11264.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT