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Dow Reveals Plans to Close Grangemouth Additives Plant

19.12.2013 - Just as workers at Grangemouth thought the worst was over, the mammoth petrochemical complex on Scotland's river Forth has been dealt another low blow. Days before Christmas, Dow...

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China’s chemical industry

13.12.2013 - In Move Toward Consumption-Led Economy, Specialty and High-End Chemical Segments Will Further ExpandA World Leader - The chemical industry in China is both a key driver and prime...

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Dow Prepares to Sell Chlor-Alkali and Epoxy Units

04.12.2013 - As part of plans to "right size" its chlorine footprint to meet its needs in downstream markets, Dow Chemical said it will carve out "a significant portion" of its chlorine value...

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Dow Sells Stake in Battery JV to Townsend

26.11.2013 - Dow Chemical has sold its stake in the lithium-ion battery joint venture Dow Kokam to its partner, MBP Investors for an undisclosed sum. The deal makes MBP, an affiliate of U.S...

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EU Will Investigate Ineos-Solvay PVC Merger in Depth

08.11.2013 - After initially extending its approval deadline until Nov. 5, the European Commission's (EC) competition arm has now launched an in-depth investigation into the possible effects of...

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Dow Chemical Puts Additional Businesses up for Sale

30.10.2013 - Dow Chemical is hanging the "for sale" sign on additional links in its value chain, raising the sum of assets it plans to divest over the next few months from $1.5 billion to $3-4...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

A Shaky Platform?

29.10.2013 - Monitoring The Supply Chain - The globalization of chemical raw material procurement is presenting significant challenges to the pharmaceutical industry. Adopting basic good...

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Dow Sells PP Licensing & Catalysts Business to W.R. Grace

18.10.2013 - As a step toward divesting more than $1.5 billion worth of assets it no longer considers core businesses by mid-to-late 2014, Dow Chemical is selling its global polypropylene...