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EU Court Cuts Arkema Acrylic Glass Cartel Fine

08.06.2011 - French chemicals company Arkema won an appeal on Tuesday against a 219.1 million euro EU antitrust fine after Europe's second-highest court said regulators' decision to impose a...

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EU Court Upholds €59 Million Fine on Arkema, Elf

18.05.2011 - Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday upheld European Union antitrust fines totaling €59 million ($84 million) on French groups Elf Aquitaine and Arkema for participating in a...

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EU Clears Arkema To Buy Total's Resins Units

02.05.2011 - French specialty chemicals maker Arkema won EU regulatory approval on Friday to acquire parts of French oil major Total's chemicals business, to boost its coatings and resins...

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Solvay Looks to Emerging Markets In $4.8 Billion Rhodia Buy

04.04.2011 - Cash-rich Belgian chemicals group Solvay is betting on emerging markets exposure and specialty chemicals with a €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion) cash bid for French group Rhodia. Monday...

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Arkema To Buy Total Units For $729 Million

07.12.2010 - France's Arkema plans to buy parts of Total's specialty chemicals business for €550 million ($729 million) to expand its coatings resins unit and boost its presence in Asia. Arkema...

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Materials at the Cutting Edge of Technology

- Arkema has turned ecotechnologies into reality with increasingly efficient materials that are key to the competitiveness of its downstream markets: the growing use of renewable raw...

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Solvin and Arkema Buy Back Holdings in Vinyls Production JV

28.06.2010 - Arkema and SolVin (a joint venture between Solvay and BASF) have decided to each buy back the minority cross-holdings in the vinyls joint venntures, effective July 1. This affects...

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Arkema Inc. Receives Regulatory Approval to Market its Carbon Nanotubes in the U.S.

31.05.2010 - Arkema has announced that it now has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval for commercial sales of its Graphistrength multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the U.S...