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Venator to Shut Pori Pigment Plant

20.09.2018 - Venator, currently in talks with Tronox to buy the Ashtabula TiO2 plant in the US, said it will permanently shut its pigment plant in Pori, Finland. The 130,000 t/y plant, at the...

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Inovyn Expands PVC in Belgium

20.09.2018 - Vinyls producer Inovyn, wholly owned by Ineos, has announced plans to raise production of general purpose PVC at its Jemeppe site in Belgium to meet growing demand. The project...

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Allergan Boosts Aesthetics with Bonti Buy

20.09.2018 - Drugmaker Allergan is buying Bonti, a privately held, clinical-stage biotech based in Newport Beach, California, USA, that develops novel, fast-acting neurotoxin programs for...

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Univar Takes Rival Nexeo for $2 Billion

20.09.2018 - Univar is to acquire rival distributor Nexeo Solutions for around $2 billion including debt, boosting its presence in the North American market and creating a chemical distribution...

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Mubadala Plans IPO for Cepsa Stake

19.09.2018 - Mubadala Investment Co. is planning to divest 25% of its ownership in Spanish oil and gas company Cepsa in an initial public offering (ipo). The offering, which is set to take...

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MOL Gives Polyols EPC Contract to Thyssenkrupp

19.09.2018 - Hungarian oil and petrochemicals group MOL has entered into engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts with Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions for its proposed...

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Korean Consortium Pays $3.1 Billion for Momentive

18.09.2018 - A consortium of Korean companies has agreed to buy US-based silicones and advanced materials company MPM Holdings, also known as Momentive Performance Materials, for around $3.1...

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Brenntag Buys Africa’s Desbro Group

18.09.2018 - Distribution giant Brenntag has agreed to acquire Kenya’s Desbro Group, strengthening the German company’s specialty chemicals presence in Africa. The Essen-based group said Desbro...