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Kemira Paints Inks Two Deals
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 07:00 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Kemira’s Tikkurila unit says its Alcro-Beckers paints business has agreed to sell its 50% stake in Scanspac, a Swedish filler producer, to Gypsum Activity of Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, ... (Read More)
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Akzo Covers New Regions with ICI Acquisition
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 07:00 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Key to Akzo Nobel’s planned purchase of ICI are the strengthening of its market share in the architectural paint sector and the further expansion of its geographical presence, especially in ... (Read More)
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■ Cargill Opens R&D Lab
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 07:00 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Cargill has opened a bio-based R&D center at Plymouth, MN based on its BiOH brand polyols that are derived from vegetable oils including sobybean oil...
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■ Specialty Price Watch
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 07:00 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
BASF says it will raise global colorants and additives prices by 5%-20%, depending on product line and as contracts allow, effective immediately. The increase affects products primarily used in ... (Read More)
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Asian Paints to Build its Largest Plant in India
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 07:00 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
India’s largest paintmaker Asian Paints Ltd. (Mumbai) says its board of directors has approved plans to build its largest paints and coatings facility yet, at Haryana, India. Further site ... (Read More)
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Outsourcing Rises as Supplier Efficiency Improves
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 07:00 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
The U.S. market for outsourcing water treatment operations for chemical, refining and other industrial facilities is undergoing a “major transformation,” says a recent study by water ... (Read More)
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■ Jotun Expands in South Korea
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 01:21 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Jotun says it is will invest $37 million to build a marine and protective coatings plant at Pusan...
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■ Specialty Price Watch
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 01:21 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Degussa says it will boost prices for all fumed silica grades under the Aerosil trade name and all dispersions under the...
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Suppliers Bite Into Trend to Reduce Trans Fats
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 01:21 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Several food ingredient firms are tapping into the trend to remove or reduce trans fatty acids (trans fats) in foods, which appears to be spreading beyond U.S. borders, analysts say. “Up ... (Read More)
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Ashland to Invest $78 Million in China
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 01:21 PM - 2 years, 11 months ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Ashland says it will invest about $78 million in China from 2008-09. This includes about $35 million to build an unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) plant in northern China to serve the building and...
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Pigment Prices Rise on Short Raw Material Supplies in China
Monday, July 23, 2007 - 01:20 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Clariant and Ciba Specialty Chemicals say they have raised prices on certain products globally to offset rising raw material costs. Both companies blame unspecified plant closures in China for ... (Read More)
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Study: Chemicals from Personal Care Products Pollute SF Bay
Monday, July 23, 2007 - 01:20 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Hormone-disrupting chemicals used in personal care products are polluting the San Francisco Bay, posing risks to marine life and challenges for consumers and local utility districts, says a new ... (Read More)
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EU Drops Price-Fixing Probe on Plastics Additives
Monday, July 23, 2007 - 01:20 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
The EU says it has dropped its investigation into whether Arkema, BASF, and other...
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Cytec Boosts Resins Capacity Worldwide
Monday, July 23, 2007 - 01:20 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Cytec Industries says it will increase global capacity of its Crylcoat brand powder coating resins by 20,000 m.t./year over the course of this year, bringing total capacity to...
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Demand for Healthier Foods Stirs Up Growth in Hydrocolloids
Monday, July 23, 2007 - 01:20 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
The global hydrocolloid market is expected to grow at about 2.8%/year, valued at $3.9 billion by 2012, says Dennis Seisun, president of IMR International (San Diego), a consulting firm that ... (Read More)
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Danisco to Buy South African Bakery Enzymes Business
Monday, July 16, 2007 - 07:19 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Danisco has signed an agreement to acquire the shares of Innovative Ingredients (Cape Town, South Africa), a maker of industrial bakery enzymes for the South African market. Financial terms of the ... (Read More)
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Akzo Nobel Opens Coatings Plant in Russia
Monday, July 16, 2007 - 07:19 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Akzo Nobel says it has opened a €13-million ($17.6 million) powder coating facility at Orekhovo-Zuevo, Russia with two production lines onstream and an additional two lines scheduled for ... (Read More)
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ISP Acquires Bode Chemie Unit
Monday, July 16, 2007 - 07:19 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
International Specialty Products (ISP) says it has acquired the biocides business of Bode Chemie (Hamburg, Germany), its fourth European biocides purchase in the last three years. Terms were not ... (Read More)
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R&H Exits Automotive Coatings Business With Two Deals
Monday, July 16, 2007 - 07:19 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Rohm and Haas (R&H) has agreed to sell its universal color dispersions (UCD) colorants business to NB Coatings (Lansing, IL), a unit of Nippon Paint Co. (Tokyo), for an undisclosed sum. NB ... (Read More)
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■ nCoat Buys Coatings Maker
Monday, July 09, 2007 - 03:25 PM - 3 years ago - Chemistry - ChemicalWeek Specialties
Nanotechnology company nCoat (Whitsett, NC) says it has agreed to acquire Metallic Ceramic Coatings (MCC; Philadelphia) for $5 million in cash...
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