Fine and speciality chemicals – Page 13
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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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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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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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Berry plastics to buy Avintiv for $2.5bn
Deal helps Berry diversify from food packaging into speciality medical materials
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BusinessAn unsustainable hypocrisy
Social responsibility should extend through the whole supply chain, not just be a tool to put pressure on feedstock suppliers
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US chemical maker Platform expands with Alent purchase
Platform Specialty Products plans to enlarge its scope and reach by acquiring British chemicals firm Alent for $2.1bn
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Thermo Fisher to buy Alfa Aesar chemical supplies
Research chemicals business no longer a strategic fit for owner Johnson Matthey
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BusinessSafer substitutes show growth potential
The global market for alternative products based on ‘green’ chemistry is growing fast, fuelled by regulation and consumer demand
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OM Group to be sold and split
Apollo Global Management will buy the firm for $1bn, then sell electronic materials business to Platform Specialty Products
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Asahi Kasei to buy Polypore for battery materials
$2.2bn deal adds to Japanese consolidation in energy storage
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WR Grace to split in half
Two daughter companies will focus on catalysts and speciality construction chemicals
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MFG Chemical fined after worker dies
Company cited for multiple safety failings before the fatal incident