Fine and speciality chemicals – Page 13
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NewsWax pills for safe and simple olefin metathesis hit the market
Capsules preserve air-sensitive chemicals and forego need for glove boxes
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BusinessLanxess to buy Chemtura for additives
€2.4 billion deal brings lubricant additives and flame retardants expertise and expands North American operations
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BusinessIneos lands first US shale gas in UK
Massive tankers create a ‘virtual pipeline’ bringing feedstock to replace dwindling domestic supplies
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BusinessJoined-up thinking
The rift between contract medicinal chemistry and chemical development needs to be bridged
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BusinessRohm and Haas fined for safety violations
Fines relate to a trimethylaluminium explosion that injured four in January
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BusinessFibrant to quit US operations
Caprolactam supplier will shed hundreds of jobs, while operations in Europe and China continue
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BusinessArkema boosts Bostik adhesives
New adhesives plant in Sweden and acquisition of Dutch firm Den Braven
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BusinessHenkel to buy detergent maker Sun Products
€3.2bn deal boosts Henkel’s position in North American laundry care market
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BusinessDow to cut 2500 jobs in Corning merger
Firm will close silicones manufacturing plants in North Carolina and Japan as it absorbs former joint venture
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BusinessBASF boosts coatings with Chemetall buyout
$3.2bn purchase from Albemarle continues BASF’s efforts to expand and refocus its coatings division
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BusinessMetals boss admits illegal export plot
Global Metallurgy chief conspired to export restricted metals to Iran
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BusinessWestlake Chemical to buy rival Axiall
US chemical manufacturer Axiall acquired by Westlake Chemical for $3.8 billion, after its earlier bid was rejected
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NewsAkzoNobel sponsors colour garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Display celebrates plants that have been used historically to make dyes, and highlights a new project to capture nature’s structural colours in paint
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Business
Honeywell spins off resins and chemicals unit
‘AdvanSix’ will separate by early 2017 and produce nylon, fertiliser and various chemical intermediates
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Business
Total to buy Saft for battery boost
€950m deal pushes French oil giant deeper into renewables
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BusinessDeadly US fertiliser plant blast was deliberately set
Fire that caused West Fertilizer explosion was a ‘criminal act,’ US agency concludes
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BusinessEvonik acquires Air Products’ chemical unit
Air Products also spinning off electronic materials to focus on industrial gases
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BusinessChemours sheds disinfectants and aniline
Dow Chemical and Germany’s Lanxess will buy plants as Chemours restructures following its spin-off from DuPont
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BusinessAkzoNobel to buy BASF’s industrial coatings
€475 million deal includes technology, products and sites in the UK and South Africa
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Business
Berry plastics to buy Avintiv for $2.5bn
Deal helps Berry diversify from food packaging into speciality medical materials