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Neil Eisberg Swiss pharma concern Nycomed (Zurich) has been relaunched following the integration of Altana Pharma with a new corporate logo. Integration of the two businesses is expected to be complet...
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Neil Eisberg UK headquartered Elementis saw underlying sales rise by 5% to reach £197.7m. However, this included the results of the company’s pigments business, now classified as discontinued followin...
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Neil Eisberg Jinhong Rohm & Haas (JinHaas), the 51:49 joint venture between US specialty chemicals concern Rohm & Haas and Chinese firm Weihai Jinhong Polymer announced in December 2006, has begun for...
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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...