Keyword: chemical industry

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Lanxess Sees Earnings Slump as Tire Market Weakens

21.03.2013 - Lanxess, the world's largest synthetic-rubber maker, has warned of a sharp drop in earnings in the first quarter, joining the list of auto suppliers to take a hit from anaemic...

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Substance Evaluation Under REACH: Annual Update of CoRAP Published

21.03.2013 - The Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2013-2015 covers 115 substances that are suspected of posing risk to human health or the environment. The updated CoRAP list has been...

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Brenntag Reports Significantly Improved Earnings

21.03.2013 - Brenntag, the global chemical distributor, is continuing on its growth path and once again reported significant result increases for the 2012 financial year against a demanding...

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Strategic Partnership Announced Between DKSH and Synthomer in Asia

21.03.2013 - DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals distributor and provider of Market Expansion Services for performance materials and Synthomer, a suppliers of...

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DRT Announces Acquisition of SBS from PCAS

21.03.2013 - DRT, a specialist since 1932 of the valorisation of rosin and turpentine extracted from pine resin, today announced its acquisition of Societe Bearnaise de Synthese (SBS), a...

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Dow Chemical to Build Specialty Plants on U.S. Gulf Coast

18.03.2013 - Dow Chemical said it plans to build several specialty material production plants on the U.S. Gulf Coast to take advantage of cheap shale-derived natural gas. Margins in Dow's...

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Clariant Grows in Poland

15.03.2013 - The specialty chemicals company Clariant has broken the ground for its new investment in Konstantynów Łódźki, Poland. The new building covers an area about 6'800 square meters and...

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Solar Woes Hit Wacker Chemie's Core Profit, Dividend

15.03.2013 - Germany's Wacker Chemie, the world's No. 2 maker of polysilicon, cut its dividend for 2012 by nearly three quarters as profits tumbled and forecast falling earnings this year...