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Nufarm sells assets to meet merger requirements
Nufarm sells assets to meet merger requirements: Canadian Competition Authorities 28.07.10 OTTAWA, July 28, 2010 —... more

Nufarm neglected governance rules
Nufarm neglected governance rules: The Australian 27.07.10 AAP 15.07.10 Shares in agricultural chemicals supplier Nufarm Ltd plunged near... more

Dow loses suit to halt UK rubber cartel damage claims
Dow loses suit to halt UK rubber cartel damage claims: Competition Law 25.07.10 New York (July 27, 2010) -- A U.K. appeals court ... more

Lavollée Chimie becomes Lavollee SA
Lavollée Chimie becomes Lavollee SA : Corporate announcement On 1st August 2010 the company Lavollée Chimie will change name to LAV... more

Volvo files damage claims against Pilkington glass
Volvo files damage claims against Pilkington glass: 26.07.10 GCR Volvo Car Corporation has today confirmed that it has issued a... more

German Landesbanks under stress
German Landesbanks under stress: Reuters 21.07.10 Hit hard by the credit crisis, Germany's eight landesbanks are a focus of concern in th... more

Top industry leaders will meet in Shanghai on 15.09
Top industry leaders will meet in Shanghai on 15.09: Reuters/Chemical Week 26.07.10 September 15th event explores opportunities for growt... more

Apollo funds rocket as debt deals fuel recovery
Apollo funds rocket as debt deals fuel recovery: Financial Times 25.07.10 By Henny Sender in New York ... more

Ashland profits triple. Distribution sales up one third
Ashland profits triple. Distribution sales up one third: Reuters 25.07.10 Ernest Scheyder ... more

Ashland and Süd-Chemie form JV ASK Chemie
Süd-Chemie and Ashland will merge their worldwide foundry chemical activities under the name ASK Chemicals Last week Ashland Inc., Covington, KY (USA) and Süd-Chemie AG, Munich (Germany) announced that the... more

Styron selects Philadelphia area for HQ
Styron Selects Philadelphia Area for Global Headquarters Location Yesterday Styron made an announcement that it has selected the Philadelphia, PA area for its headq... more

Candover looks for salvation
Candover looks for salvation: WSJ 16.07.10 Hester Plumridge ... more

Brenntag pulls out of Cheman acquisition
Brenntag pulls out of Cheman acquisition: ICIS Will Beacham 05.07.10 The somewhat farcical Poland chemicals privatiz... more

EU Commission approves Quaron acquisition by Univar in Benelux, not in France
EU Commission approves Quaron acquisition by Univar in Benelux, not in France: EU Commision web site 19.07.10  ... more

LyondellBasell reshuffles its Board
LyondellBasell reshuffles its Boards: Reuters 16.07.10  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, J... more

Evonik Carbon Black GmbH established
Evonik Industries establishes Evonik Carbon Black GmbH as independent company Evonik Industries announced today that it is reorganizing its carbon black activities. Earlier this month Evon... more

Is private equity ready to get dirty hands again?
Is private equity ready to get dirty hands again?: Reuters 09.07.10 By ... more

Tronox files reorganisation plan
Tronox files reorganisation plan : Reuters 08.07.10 (Reuters) - U.S. chemicals company Tronox Inc (... more

Post Capital Partners LLC invest in BHS Marketing
Post Capital Partners LLC invest in BHS Marketing (Salt Lake City, Utah)   In an announcement earlier this week, Post Capital Partners LLC (“Post Capital”) in New York, NY have co... more

Styron announces Executive Leadership Team
Styron announces Executive Leadership Team Styron has today announced the company’s Executive Le... more

Brenntag to acquire EAC Industrial Ingredients
  Brenntag acquires EAC Industrial Ingredients Ltd. A/S in Asia-Pacific   ... more

Univar plans $826M IPO (PSBJ - Seattle)
  Chemical distributor Univar plans $862M IPO   Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)   In one of... more

Stepan takes over Peter Cremer Singapore assets
Stepan takes over Peter Cremer Singapore assets: Reuters 03.07.10 NORTHFIELD, Ill., ... more

Fitch: American chemical industry improves
Fitch: American chemical industry improves: Business wire:01.07.10 NEW YORK--(Business Wire)-- Despite challenging conditions over... more

Debt crisis damps investors appetite for M&A
Debt crisis damps investors appetite for M&A: Financial Times 01.07.10 by Lina Saigol in London and Helen Thomas in New York ... more

Investors look for safe havens as equity falls
Investors look for safe havens as equity falls: Financial Times 01.07.10 Michael Mackenzie in New York Global equity markets have... more

Total takes over Feluy polystyrene site
Total takes over Feluy polystyrene site: Reuters 01.07.10 July 1 (Reuters) - European antitrust authorities approved the acquisition on T... more