Keyword: chemicals

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DKSH, Evonik Expand Collaboration

25.10.2012 - DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals distributor, has expanded the partnership in the field of coatings and additives with Evonik Industries. This new...

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Dow Chemical CEO Vows to Hit Profit Target Despite Cuts

25.10.2012 - Dow Chemical Chief Executive Andrew Liveris defended on Wednesday his decision to slash spending on capital projects, saying the cuts will not deter the chemical maker from meeting...

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The Ability to Create Value

25.10.2012 - Road Map - Outwardly, at least Thierry Le Hénaff is unruffled by the prospect that French chemical producer Arkema --- along with similar sized-players in Germany and The...

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Evonik to Build Production Plant for Personal Care and Household Care Ingredients in Brazil

24.10.2012 - Evonik's endeavour to build a new production facility for cosmetics and consumer goods in Americana in the Brazilian state of São Paulo is moving ahead rapidly. The mid-double...

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DSM Increases Capacity for Solar Coatings

23.10.2012 - Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announces that it is increasing the installed manufacturing capacity for KhepriCoat anti-reflective...

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Pesticides Put Bumblebee Colonies at Risk of Failure

22.10.2012 - Pesticides used in farming are also killing worker bumblebees and damaging their ability to gather food, meaning colonies that are vital for plant pollination are more likely to...

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AkzoNobel Takes Big Hit on Dulux as Home Makeovers Wane

18.10.2012 - Cash-strapped Europeans are cutting back on decorating, leading Dutch group AkzoNobel to take a €2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) writedown on its 2008 purchase of Dulux paint maker ICI...

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Queen's Develops Environmentally Friendly MOF Production Method

17.10.2012 - Chemists at Queen's University Belfast have devised a novel, environmentally friendly technique, which allows the rapid production of Metal-Organic Frameworks porous materials...