Keyword: chemicals

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Univar Buys Tagma Brasil

03.10.2017 - Chemicals distribution group Univar has acquired Tagma Brasil for an undisclosed sum, expanding its presence in the agricultural market. Based in Paulinia, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Tagma...

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Chemicals, Reimagined for the New Economy!

18.09.2017 - To thrive in a climate of unprecedented innovation, chemical businesses must reimagine themselves as living systems. Learn to sense, respond, learn, adapt and predict customer and...

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Texas Rescue Workers Sue Arkema

11.09.2017 - Seven rescue workers in Texas are suing Arkema for $1 million, alleging the French chemical producer was unprepared for the flooding that engulfed its organic peroxides plant at...

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Arkema Completes Controlled Burn at Crosby

06.09.2017 - As the immediate effects of Hurricane Harvey began to wear off, the US subsidiary of French specialty chemicals producer Arkema said it had been able to set fire to the remaining...

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Georgia-Pacific Agrees Sale of Pine Chemicals to Ingevity

04.09.2017 - Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, has agreed to sell its pine chemicals business to specialty chemicals company Ingevity for $315 million. The business...

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Jacobs to Acquire CH2M for $3.3 billion

10.08.2017 - US contractor Jacobs Engineering has entered into a definitive agreement to buy CH2M in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value of about $3.27 billion, including...

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Haifa Chemicals Shuts Plants, Fires Workers

03.08.2017 - Israeli potassium nitrate and phosphates producer Haifa Chemicals is shutting down its plants and dismissing all of its 800 workers. The announcement on Aug. 2 came after the...

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BASF, Cargill and P&G Join Coconut Oil Initiative

28.06.2017 - BASF, Cargill and Procter & Gamble (P&G), all of whom have a stake in the coconut oil industry, have joined together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale...