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Neil Eisberg German major BASF has signed an agreement with US catalyst concern, Engelhard that it will recommend BASF’s $39/share offer to its shareholders (C&I 2006, 10, 10). German chemical ...
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Mark Whitfield Dow Chemical is to shut down a number of plants around the world, in an effort to improve the competitiveness of its global operations. The most significant of these are in Sarnia...
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Neil Eisberg Following the completion of the merger of German gases, engineering and materials handling concern, Linde (Wiesbaden, Germany) and the BOC Group (Windlesham, Surrey, UK), the new co...
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Neil Eisberg AngloDutch oil and chemicals major Shell has sold its 50% share in Société du Craquer de lAubette (SCA), owned through Shell Pétrochimie Mediterranée, to Basell (Hoofdorp, the ...
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Neil Eisberg Finnish chemical group Kemira’s paints and coatings business Tikkurila has taken ownership of the Kiev-based Ukrainian coatings company Kolorit Paints, following its purchase of the...
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Elaine Hills-Haney Enzyme producer Novozymes (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) is acquiring Australian biotech company GroPep for DKK375m (E50m) as part of the company’s strategy to build a position in the p...
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Neil Eisberg German chemical major BASF (Ludwigshafen) has completed a major step in the integration of its recent acquisition, US-based catalyst and chemicals producer Engelhard, with the regis...