Keyword: chemicals

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Huntsman to buy Ampac’s Specialty Chemicals Business

17.11.2015 - Huntsman Family Investments (HFI) has agreed to acquire American Pacific Corp.’s specialty chemicals business from global investment bank H.I.G. Capital, which acquired the company...

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BASF to Reorganize Businesses, Cut Jobs

11.11.2015 - As part of a reorganization to promote competitiveness of its Performance Chemicals division, BASF will combine its Water Solutions and Paper Chemicals units into a new global...

Markets & Companies

Overcoming USA Sales Resistance

28.10.2015 - It is estimated that more than 60% of German companies attempting USA market penetration, subsequently fail and withdraw from the market. Europeans often incorrectly attribute this...

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Hazardous Chemicals to be Moved from Tianjin

16.10.2015 - Companies producing hazardous chemical in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, where deadly warehouse explosions killed more than 160 people in August, will be moved to an industrial...

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US Now Top Market for German Chemicals

07.10.2015 - The United States has become the most important export market for the German chemical industry, displacing The Netherlands says the producers’ association Verband der Chemischen...

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Merck to Close on Sigma-Aldrich in Q4

29.09.2015 - German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA said this week it now expects to close its € 13.1 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich some time during the fourth quarter...

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Merck KGaA Streamlines Healthcare Management

16.09.2015 - German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA is streamlining its healthcare management team to accelerate growth. The company said the new organizational structure will...

Strategy & Management

Poised For Growth

04.09.2015 - Chemistry: it’s in everything and it’s everywhere. In fact, nearly all manufactured goods are directly touched by chemistry, either as a material, in processing, or in some other...