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July 31st, 2010
Huntsman buys Laffans' Chemicals busines
Huntsman buys Laffans' Chemicals busines: Reuters and Huntsman Corporation 30.07.10 THE WOODLANDS, Texas... more
July 30th, 2010
Chemical producers post strong Q2 results
Chemical producers post strong Q2 results: Reuters 29.07.10 FRANKFURT/AMSTERDAM, July 29 (Reuters) - A pick-up in demand for industrial g... more
July 30th, 2010
NACD objects to Toxic Chemicals Safety Act
NACD objects to Toxic Chemicals Safety Act: Reuters 28.07.10 ARLINGTON, Va., July... more
July 29th, 2010
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
July 29th, 2010
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
July 29th, 2010
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
July 27th, 2010
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
July 27th, 2010
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
July 27th, 2010
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
July 26th, 2010
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
July 25th, 2010
Ashland profits triple. Distribution sales up one third
Ashland profits triple. Distribution sales up one third: Reuters 25.07.10 Ernest Scheyder ... more
July 22nd, 2010
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
July 22nd, 2010
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
July 19th, 2010
Candover looks for salvation
Candover looks for salvation: WSJ 16.07.10 Hester Plumridge ... more
July 19th, 2010
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
July 19th, 2010
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
July 18th, 2010
LyondellBasell reshuffles its Board
LyondellBasell reshuffles its Boards: Reuters 16.07.10  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, J... more
July 12th, 2010
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
July 11th, 2010
Is private equity ready to get dirty hands again?
Is private equity ready to get dirty hands again?: Reuters 09.07.10 By ... more
July 9th, 2010
Tronox files reorganisation plan
Tronox files reorganisation plan : Reuters 08.07.10 (Reuters) - U.S. chemicals company Tronox Inc (... more
July 7th, 2010
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
July 6th, 2010
Styron announces Executive Leadership Team
Styron announces Executive Leadership Team Styron has today announced the company’s Executive Le... more
July 5th, 2010
Brenntag to acquire EAC Industrial Ingredients
  Brenntag acquires EAC Industrial Ingredients Ltd. A/S in Asia-Pacific   ... more
July 5th, 2010
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
July 3rd, 2010
Stepan takes over Peter Cremer Singapore assets
Stepan takes over Peter Cremer Singapore assets: Reuters 03.07.10 NORTHFIELD, Ill., ... more
July 2nd, 2010
Fitch: American chemical industry improves
Fitch: American chemical industry improves: Business wire:01.07.10 NEW YORK--(Business Wire)-- Despite challenging conditions over... more
July 1st, 2010
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
July 1st, 2010
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
July 1st, 2010
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