Stories Collection
- DSM and Borealis see possible fourth quarter impact
Rising costs of feedstocks,...
- UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION is introducing a new line of environmentally friendly noni...
- PRODUCERS OF POLYVINYL BUTYRAL are riding a strong demand surge for the specialty re...
- ONCE A LAGGARD OF THE INORGANICS BUSINESS, the sodium silicate market has tightened ...
- Mistake calls into question the agency's ability to manage chemical use information ...
- Part of a buildup in petrochemical capacity in the Middle East.
SAUDI ARABIA IS...
- Keeping qualified workers, already tough, could get harder under Chinese rule.
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- NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR manufacturing butanol, MTBE, ETBE and even methanol from corn a...
- Pricing for nitrogen, however, won't be sustained.
FERTILIZER INDUSTRY EXPERTS ...
- As WE'VE ALL READ BY NOW, THE PHENOMENAL INcrease in computer use is largely contribu...
- THE SPARK FOR A LUCRATIVE VENTURE MAY BE LYING right at your feet--and waiting to be ...
- IN 1992 AMERICANS SPENT $110.1 BILLION ON PRODUCTS that were perceived to be eco-safe...
- Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: PRLS),
a provider of advanced imaging and netwo...
- Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: PRLS),
a provider of advanced imaging and netwo...
- NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 1997--Teleport Communications Group Inc. (NASDAQ:T...
- The CW75 Index rose 3.7% for the week ending November 10, outpacing broader indexes i...
- BASF has held its position atop CW's annual Billion-Dollar Club ranking of companies ...
- Ethylene spot prices headed up again last week despite easing feedstock costs on robu...
- Degussa plans to enter production of polyether ether ketone (PEEK), a high-performanc...
- Demand for electronic chemicals is expected to grow about 6%/year through 2008, accor...
- There are plenty of things for chemical distributors to be depressed about these days...
- Nova Chemicals and BP say they have reached a preliminary agreement to merge their st...
- The impending cutbacks in vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production by Dow Chemical cou...
- TOP R&D SPENDERS
CHEMICAL
R&am...
- Aromatics prices plummeted last week on a drop in crude oil prices, sources say. U.S....
- DuPont says it will add about $50 million in sales to its DuPont Titanium Technologie...
- Privately owned specialty fluorochemicals firm Halocarbon Products (River Edge, NJ) s...
- Polymer margins are expected to improve further despite forecasts of higher feedstock...
- W.R. Grace has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that would cap asbestos liabili...
- Facing increasing global competition, the Turkish chemical industry holds two good pl...
- The timing could not be better for Andrew N. Liveris, who took over as CEO of Dow Che...
- Vinythai, a Solvay affiliate, plans to double vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) capacity a...
- Hercules reported a loss of $51-million (47 cts/share) for the third quarter, includi...
- Technology Flavors and Fragrance (TFF; Amityville, NY) says it has established a comm...
- Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it has agreed to acquire water and paper treatment chem...
- The European Union (EU) must introduce a new legal framework for inspecting active ph...
- BASF had its best-ever third quarter, helped by "the strongest global economic growth...
- The sudden departure of Great Lakes Chemical chairman and CEO Mark Bulriss earlier th...
- PRODUCTIVE LEADERS *
(IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
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- Prices
U.S.: 32 cts-45.5 cts/lb del, third-quarter contracts
EUROPE: 720 [euro...
- Basell says it has agreed to buy the intellectual property, manufacturing know-how, a...
- Monsanto says it has reached a deal to acquire seed maker Channel Bio (Kentland, IN) ...
- The development of the Turkish chemical industry, very significant for approximately ...
- Chlor-alkali distributor Equapac (Tigard, OR) says it has decided to proceed with an ...
- Nalco Holding raised $667 million last week from an initial public offering (IPO) of ...
- Honeywell Specialty Materials (Morristown, NJ) says it has acquired Mitsubishi Chemic...
- Bayer HealthCare plans to shed about 400 staff at its West Haven, CT complex, about o...
- Leading Japanese companies posted further increases in sales and net earnings for the...
- Akzo Nobel says it is "gradually returning to growth," after two years during which s...
- Cargill Dow says it is working to breathe life into its corn-based polylactic acid (P...
- The CW75 Index rose 1.9% for the week ending November 17, in line with broader market...
- The volatility in feedstock prices has stalled negotiations over November ethylene co...
- The privatization process in Turkey has never taken a smooth ride. Delays, legal chal...
- The predominantly generics-focused pharmaceutical producers of Turkey face stiff chal...
- STEADY GROWTH
The economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.7% in the third quarter,...
- Degussa says it will use proceeds from the planned sale of its food ingredients busin...
- It's good to be CEO of a company that's on the way up. That's the case for Andrew Liv...
- The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL; Heidelberg, Germany), a publicly fun...
- Praxair has announced price increases of 3%-12% on its bulk and cylinder industrial g...
- If one segment of the chemical industry in Turkey were to be singled out for a promis...
- October 14
NEW YORK
Chemical, Marketing, and Economics Group's monthly meeting...
- Demand is on the rise in the polymer additives industry, and producers are increasing...
- Chemical makers can expect little relief from volatile gas prices in the U.S., accord...
- Degussa has confirmed recent press reports that it is seeking to sell its food ingred...
- The Texas Supreme Court has sided with ACC in a case defining when manufacturers must...
- ABIETIC ACID
Alfa Aesar, A Johnson Matthey Company
** PENTA MANUFACTURING CO, ...
- POLYMETHYLHYDROSILOXANE, TRIMETHYLSILYL TERMINATED, 30 CS
GELEST INC
POLYOL ES...
- RHODIUM (III) BROMIDE, HYDRATE
Alfa Aesar, A Johnson Matthey Company
** NOAH T...
- Toppan Printing (Tokyo) has agreed to acquire DuPont Photomasks (Round Rock, TX) for ...
- House and Senate negotiators agreed last week on a corporate tax bill that would phas...
- Sumitomo Chemical has pulled out of a previously announced $1-billion project to join...
- OMGroup (OMG) says that it has suffered an electrical malfunction at its Big Hill sme...
- Nova Chemicals says it is starting to reap the rewards of an R&D effort in its st...
- BISMUTH SUBNITRATE
Allan Chemical Corp
American International Chemical, Inc
...
- DYES, FLUORESCENT
** ACETO CORPORATION
DayGlo Color Corp.
LANXESS, FORMERL...
- BAGS, BOTTLE
Nalge Nunc International, An Apogent Company
BAGS, BULK
Langs...
- Engineering plastics makers say demand is up 5%-10% for most resins. Margin recovery,...
- The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP; Washington) has released a report that says...
- Explanation of Symbols
* Company is an insert or tab advertiser.
** Company is...
- A-TAB: Calcium phosphates--Rhodia Pharma Solutions
** ABIL: Silicone derivatives--...
- VANILLIN ISOBUTYRATE
** PENTA MANUFACTURING CO, DIVISION OF PENTA INTERNATIONAL CO...
- ADVANCED WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
WAM Systems, Inc. (dis)
ALARM SYSTEMS
GAI-Tr...
- Dear Industry Professional,
We are very pleased to present to you the 2005 Chemica...
- Monsanto and DuPont separately announced last week the introduction of new soybean oi...
- The U.S. presidential candidates have had precious little to say about the chemical i...
- The CW75 Index continues to outpace broader markets, rising 3% for the week ending Oc...
- BASF expects to increase sales at its pharmaceutical finishing services business, inc...
- Shell says it has signed a 20-year supply agreement with Sakhalin Energy (Yuzhno-Sakh...
- The custom market for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) will grow on average by...
- Increased capacity and volumes will drive growth at EQUATE, says Hamad Al-Terkait, pr...
- 2,7-DIBROMOFLUORENE
JFE Chemical Corporation, Fine Chemicals
2,7-DIBROMO-9-FLU...
- ACQUISITION/ALLIANCES
Accenture
ACQUISITION ANALYSIS
Accenture
Einhorn...
- SODIUM METHACRYLATE
GELEST INC
SODIUM METHALLYL SULFONATE
Kowa American Co...
- European petrochemical makers were cheerful at the European Petrochemical Association...
- Cefic has launched "Trust", an initiative aimed at "recapturing trust" in the chemica...
- Ethylene glycol (EG) and chlor alkali margins in North America have exceeded the prev...
- 1-HYDROXYETHYLIDENE- 1, 1-DIPHOSPHONIC ACID (HEDP)
WEGO CHEMICAL & MINERAL COR...
- As Publisher of Chemical Week, the leading worldwide news and information source for ...
- ADSORPTION SYSTEMS
AMCEC
Kimre, Inc
TIGG Corporation
United Manufactur...
- ADVANCE: Gas chlorinators--Severn Trent Services
BIOAVAILABILITY ENHANCEMENT TECHN...
- Huntsman says it has restarted its 400-million lbs/year ethane-based ethylene plant a...
- BASF says it has signed an agreement with custom research company Solvias (Basel), un...
- OxyChem has agreed to acquire Vulcan Chemicals for $214 million in cash, plus conting...
- EQUATE's success story is based mainly on the company's profitability, which is much ...
- Coating resin makers have continued to consolidate during the past year, and it is li...
- ACID GAS CONTROL
Kimre, Inc
AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS
BOC
Catalytic Produ...
- A
AAA Molybdenum Products, Inc
7233 W 116 Pl., Broomfield, CO 80020, USA
3...
- AMMONIUM CARBONATE LUMPS AND POWDER ACS
Allan Chemical Corp
CANTON CHEM, INC. ...
- ASTEX: reactive gas generators and microwave power supplies--MKS Instruments, Inc.
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- Henkel plans to buy Sovereign Specialty Chemicals (Chicago) for $575 million, includi...
- Enterprises that decide to move to the Industriepark Oberbruch industrial estate are ...
- The London Metal Exchange (LME) has invited producers of polypropylene (PP) and linea...
- Two Israelis and a U.S. citizen share the 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for demonstr...
- A consortium of producers and users is planning an ethylene pipeline that would link ...
- The surge in crude oil prices to new highs last week reversed the downtrend in aromat...
- The chemical industry is finding itself on the defensive in the plant security debate...
- The popularity of home improvement television shows has prompted home owners to spruc...
- LITHIUM HEXAFLUOROALUMINATE
** NOAH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Somers Lithium, L...
- PALLADIUM (II) NITRATE
Alfa Aesar, A Johnson Matthey Company
** NOAH TECHNOLOG...
- Germany's chemical industry has continued to struggle in 2004, due to the strong euro...
- The final estimate for the second-quarter shows GDP rising at an annualized rate of 3...
- Procter & Gamble (P&G) Chemicals says it has signed a 10-year supply agreemen...
- Danisco says it has invested DKK300 million ($50 million) to build a new pectin plant...
- The Directory is divided into five sections:
1. Manufacturers
Paint and Coatin...
- Third-quarter earnings reports are expected to he up strongly from the year-ago perio...
- METHYL-5-NORBORNENE-2,3-DICARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE
** VISIT SPECTRUMCHEMICAL.COM
[...
- Monsanto reported a net loss of $42 million in its fiscal fourth quarter ended August...
- The BASF sites at Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide, Germany are pursuing an active site-...
- The CW75 Index dropped 3.6% for the week ending October 13, lagging broader markets i...
- National Petrochemical Co. (NPC; Tehran) has provided more details on a previously an...
- Prices WORLDWIDE: Anhydrous: $1,800/ton fob; 70% aqueous: $1,430/ton
Outlook
T...
- A bipartisan House Ethics Committee panel has recently conducted several ethics inves...
- 1,1,3,3-TETRAMETHYLGUANIDINE
Mytech
Mytech, Inc.
** VISIT SPECTRUMCHEMICAL...
- COPPER CHLORIDE (IC)
1. Copper Chloride
Alfa Aesar, A Johnson Matthey Company ...
- FDA says it plans to introduce an inspection system for pharmaceutical manufacturing ...
- Margins for commodity plastic resins makers are finally improving after an extended a...
- Albemarle says it will increase its aluminum hydroxide (ATH) flame retardant capacity...
- Business has Improved for most major paintmakers in the last year, thanks largely to ...
- 2-FLUORO NITROBENZENE
Rhodia Pharma Solutions
4 FLUORO NITROBENZENE
GoYo T...
- CATALYST CARRIERS
SUD-CHEMIE AG
CATALYST FORMALDEHYDE
SUD-CHEMIE AG
CA...
- ADDITIVES
MORFLEX, INC.
2110 High Point Road
Greensboro, NC 27403 USA
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- DuPont says growth peaked in the second quarter, but that it still expects to meet it...
- The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is defending its role in EPA's ...
- Few industry leaders are concerned that China's efforts to cool its overheating econo...
- Tight supply has prompted Bayer to increase its worldwide production of methylene di-...
- Prices
U.S. 30 cts-32 cts/lb del, domestic; 28 cts-30 cts/lb fob, exports ASIA/PAC...
- Fine chemicals startup firm ZuChem (Chicago) says it has begun offering custom synthe...
- Petrokemya (Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia), a wholly owned Sabic subsidiary, is studying pl...
- Close to Europe and even closer to nature is one way to describe Heroya Industrial Pa...
- Plug and Play NOM, the Investment and Development Agency for the Northern Netherlands...
- Huntsman has confirmed CW's reports that the company plans an initial public offering...
- Top executives at 58 public chemical companies got a lot richer last year, taking hom...
- An explosion and fire destroyed a 6-million [euro] ($7.4 million) glyoxylic acid unit...
- Nalco Holding filed for an initial public offering (IPO) last week to sell up to $800...
- Hercules has reached two separate settlement agreements with its insurers that, if ap...
- More than 300 businesses, including Dow Chemical, have written to Congress asking law...
- Procter & Gamble (P&G) Chemicals says it has accelerated previously announced...
- Polymer, Elastomeric Type
Block Polymers
KRATON Polymers Polymer Specialties I...
- W.R. Grace's shares rallied at the end of August on news that the company is close to...
- Propylene spot prices rose on strong demand and tighter supply last week as cracker o...
- Sabic EuroPetrochemicals' (Sittard, the Netherlands) fortunes have changed dramatical...
- Wilton International in the Northeast of England has established an outstanding reput...
- AMERICAS
September 12-15 CAMBRIDGE, MD Socma's Corporate Excellence Conference. Te...
- A Hartford, CT court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by three chemical distributors ...
- Australian researchers say exposure to household volatile organic compounds (VOCs) fr...
- U.S. August ethylene contracts settled a penny higher than last month, to 32.5 cts/lb...
- EPA says DuPont has decided against an out-of-court mediation plan to resolve allegat...
- Dow Chemical is reviewing sites and potential partners in China for a petrochemical c...
- Millennium Chemical says it is raising global titanium dioxide (Ti[O.sub.2]) prices b...
- The U.S. economy continues to grow at a slow to moderate pace. The latest calculation...
- Multinational chemical firms are showing no signs of reducing the pace of their their...
- Chemicals in Yorkshire and Humber, U.K. are a 4.3-billion [pounds sterling]/year ($7 ...
- The Bush administration has been "hostile to public interest" in its duty to protect ...
- Chemical companies plan to increase their IT budgets by approximately 8.8% in 2005, t...
- Air Products and Praxair each posted 18% gains in July revenues in their industrial g...
- Senators Tom Daschle (D., SD) and Bill Frist (R., TN) have agreed to a $140-billion a...
- The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA; Cambridge, MA), an industry- and governme...
- BASF and Dow Chemical say they are ready to commercialize a previously announced join...
- Showa Denko (Tokyo) says it plans to grow its hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene ([C.sub.4][F.s...
- Caustic soda spot prices have jumped by more than $100/ton in the past two weeks, to ...
- Researchers at the University of Bologna (Italy) say they have identified a route to ...
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) says former Crompton executive Joseph Eisenberg has a...
- Dow Chemical made a bold move recently when it announced plans to globally implement ...
- Prices
U.S. $290/m.t. c&f Tampa, FL; $270/s.t. fob Gulf Coast
EUROPE $240-...
- Consumer demand for reduced-calorie foods and beverages is driving demand for high-in...
- Acetex (Vancouver) says it has begun "preliminary discussions concerning a potential ...
- I would like to congratulate Chemical Week on its 90th anniversary. In these nine dec...
- BASF says it plans to build a specialty polyurethanes (PU) complex in the district of...
- New Jersey's fast-track permitting laws due to take effect in November, may cost the ...
- Rising raw materials costs, particularly for benzene, have prompted Pilot Chemical to...
- Ethylene glycol (EG) spot prices jumped more than $200/m.t. in August, to $1,100-$1,1...
- ADHESIVES MAKERS say tougher clean-air regulations are forcing them to develop enviro...
- The SEC has approved Lubrizol's recent shelf registration, clearing the way for the p...
- PotashCorp says it has raised its third-quarter earnings estimates from 50 cts-60 cts...
- European petrochemical producers, like their U.S. counterparts, are enjoying a period...
- Petrochemical markets were relatively calm last week, following sharp rises earlier i...
- Air Liquide's recently announced plan to invest up to $500 million in China during th...
- Environmental groups and some financial analysts say DuPont's entire telomer-based fl...
- The CW75 Index rose 1.7% for the week ending August 25, outpacing broader markets inc...