Keyword: butadiene

Chemicals & Distribution

Umicore Develops Catalyst within EuroBioRef Project

- The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing) was a four year project coordinated by CNRS, France. Launched on March...

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Cheap Shale Gas Gives Impetus to Bioplastics Growth

07.12.2012 - Makers of chemicals and plastics from plant matter are emerging as unlikely beneficiaries of the abundance of U.S. shale gas, which is shaking up the global petrochemical industry...

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TPC Group Gets Higher Offer from First Reserve, SK Capital

08.11.2012 - Chemical maker TPC Group said private equity firms First Reserve and SK Capital Partners raised their offer price for the company by 12.5%, days after it got a rival proposal from...

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TPC Group Gets Higher Buyout Offer from Innospec

08.10.2012 - Chemicals maker TPC Group on Monday said it received a buyout proposal from Innospec worth as much as $721 million, topping an offer from two private equity firms made in August...

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TPC Group to Be Taken Private in $627.2 Million Deal

27.08.2012 - Chemicals maker TPC Group has agreed to be taken private for $627.2 million by private equity firms First Reserve Corp and SK Capital Partners as prices for its main product, used...