Keyword: chemicals

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Wacker Expands Collaboration with DKSH in Southeast Asia

01.11.2012 - The Munich-based Wacker Group is expanding collaboration with the Swiss market expansion services group DKSH in Southeast Asia. In addition to representing Wacker biotech products...

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Symrise Attracted by Growth in Cosmetic Ingredients

31.10.2012 - German fragrance and flavors maker Symrise plans to leverage its links with global consumer goods companies to take a bigger slice of the market supplying ingredients for skin and...

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Air Liquide Major Licensor for Petrobras Gas-to-Chemicals Complex in Brazil

31.10.2012 - Air Liquide is further expanding its footprint in Brazil, establishing a new licensing agreement with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) in conjunction with its recently awarded...

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Dow Chemical to Take Q4 Charge of up to $1.1 Billion

30.10.2012 - Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion...

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Nomad Bioscience, Bayer Cropscience to Enter into Strategic Partnership

29.10.2012 - Nomad Bioscience, a plant biotechnology company, has announced that the company has entered into a strategic joint research and development agreement with Bayer CropScience...

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LyondellBasell to Pay Special Dividend Despite Decline in Profit

27.10.2012 - Chemical maker and refiner LyondellBasell Industries posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, due in part to high costs for crude oil-derived chemicals in European...

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Activist Jana Digs in for Long Agrium Battle

26.10.2012 - From Agrium's perspective, a campaign by Jana Partners to break up the Canadian fertilizer company is effectively dead in the water. But the $3.5 billion activist hedge fund...

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BASF Bolstered by Libyan Oil and Pesticides

25.10.2012 - Libyan oil and demand for pesticides will help Germany's BASF meet its target of higher operating profit this year, offsetting a downturn in its main industrial chemicals and...