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TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 20, 2013

Cover Story
Distribution: Momentum slows in a challenging market
Europe’s chemical distributors struggled to increase revenue last year....
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Newsbriefs
Mitsui & Co. to take 50% stake in Celanese methanol project at Clear Lake, TXEastman Chemical names Mark Costa as next CEOBayer CropScience plans Mobile, AL, herbicide plantTechnip awarded Nova Joffre PE expansionSyngenta, DuPont sign fungicide tech agreementDow insecticide receives US regulatory approvalGOP boycotts EPA nomChemtura LED buyoutIFF to close GA plantCHF names CEOLyondellBasell to close HDPE unit in GermanyLanxess earnings drop; cost-cutting plannedIndia cuts phosphate and potash subsidiesAir Products helium dealBASF hires JacobsHaltermann deal closesDynea forms new unit
Viewpoint
Distribution slows
Top of the Week
US Supreme Court rules in favor of Monsanto in Bowman caseIneos and Solvay confirm plans for vinyls JV; Solvay to exit PVC
Business & Finance

United States/Americas

Air Products begins operating DOE carbon-capture projectLanxess opens production facility for curing bladdersFirst-quarter profits pressured despite strong ethylene marginsFormosa Point Comfort fire impacts US HDPE suppliesBioAmber raises $80 million in initial public offeringFerro, shareholder group reach agreement on board nomineesUSDA orders additional review of Dow, Monsanto traitsSpecialty earnings mostly solid on steady salesFlotek acquires citrus oils company for $102 millionAir Products, Praxair support the Helium Stewardship ActDow awarded final $2.2-billion payment in K-Dow arbitrationACC adds product safety code to Responsible Care

Europe/Mideast

Bayer MaterialScience withdrawing from nanotechEvonik raises profit and confirms 2013 guidance; to exit real estateStyron lowers latex capacity on declining demandBASF R&D conference: Chemistry powers energyKemira plans further restructuring, announces financial targets for 2016

Asia/Pacific

Japanese companies report lower earnings
New Construction Projects
Northern Plains Nitrogen plans $1.5-billion fertilizer plantBASF, Evonik, Mitsubishi, Mitsui ink LOI with CPCOMV to invest in new butadiene capacity in Germany and AustriaMosaic delays Saskatchewan potash expansion on poor marketsEvonik starts engineering for silica plant in Brazil
Specialty Chemicals
Rising consumption of natural gas backs big growthNew Valvoline plant in IndiaDSM buys stake in pectins makerVertellus upgrades API plant
Basic Chemicals & Plastics
Production returns to North America on back of shale gas surgeEuropean caprolactam margins come under pressure
CW75 Stock Performance
CW75 Stock Performance
Other
BASF licenses Genomatica’s renewable BDO technologyCanergy chooses Proesa process technology for CA plantMyriant and PTT Global Chemical form JVCobalt signs biobased butadiene dealAkzoNobel, Solazyme ink oils pactIFF, Amyris sign fragrance dealArkema begins nylon-10,10Cereplast restructuresAsian producers in search of feedstocks Cheap shale leads to project reassessments









 
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