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Arkema to Divest South African Coatings Business

13.12.2013 - Declaring the activities to be non-strategic, French chemical producer Arkema plans to sell its two coatings subsidiaries in South Africa to Ferro Industrial Producers, a...

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Distributors see growth opportunities for Chemical Trade with Russia

11.12.2013 - The European Association of Chemical Distributors (Fecc) and EuroCommerce welcomed over forty participants to a high-level meeting on Chemical Trade with Russia and beyond, held in...

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Kemira to Sell Danish Distribution Business to Brenntag

10.12.2013 - Finnish water treatment chemicals specialist Kemira has agreed to sell its Danish distribution business with hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and caustic soda as well as solvents...

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Consumer Health Division of Merck KGaA in Turnaround

06.12.2013 - The Consumer Health division of Merck KGaA has made "substantial progress" in raising profitability levels to those of other global over-the-counter drug competitors, the company...

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Altana places €200 Million Promissory Note to Refinance Loan

29.11.2013 - German chemical producer Altana said its promissory note with a volume of €200 million issued to partially refinance its acquisition of Rockwood's rheology business was four times...

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Merck KGaA to Build New Pharma Plant in China

28.11.2013 - German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Merck KGaA plans to invest €80 million in a new pharmaceutical plant in the Nantong Economical Technological Development Area of...

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German Firms Spend More in US Than at Home, Says VCI

27.11.2013 - In another communication expressing its growing frustration with the lack of clarity as to the energy policy of the new German federal government still being negotiated, the...

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Germany’s Merck Adds Israeli R&D Partners

27.11.2013 - German chemicals and pharmaceutical group Merck KGaA has added two new partners, the newly created Metabomed and the start-up ChanBio, to its €10 million Merck Serono Israel...