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German Chemical Sector Grows 17% in Q3

03.11.2010 - Germany-based chemicals businesses posted an increase in sales of 17% in the third quarter, trade group VCI said, adding that growth rates were levelling off as government stimulus...

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Merkel Favors Decoupling of Gas from Oil Prices

19.08.2010 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she favored the decoupling of gas prices from oil prices, which would promote competition and transparency. Merkel, who is touring...

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Air Liquide: New Contract, Investments Strengthen Market Position in Germany

21.07.2010 - In Germany, economic recovery is progressing quite positively in many industrial sectors. Industrial gases play a major role in numerous production processes. To meet the...

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German Engineering Sector Hikes 2010 Outlook

21.07.2010 - Germany's VDMA engineering association raised its 2010 output forecast and now expects production volumes to grow, thanks to a flood of orders from China and emerging markets, its...

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Germany Cuts Drug Industry's Pricing Power

29.03.2010 - Germany unveiled plans to cut patented drug prices on Friday, hitting shares in major drugmakers, the latest sign that indebted governments intend to bear down on runaway medical...

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Poland Extends Deadline for Sale of Chemical Firms

23.03.2010 - Poland agreed to give German chemical group PCC three more weeks to negotiate the purchase of state stakes in chemical producers Tarnow and ZAK, the treasury ministry said on...

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Wacker Starts Up New Production Facility for Pharmaceutical Proteins

08.03.2010 - Wacker Chemie has opened a new production facility for pharmaceutical proteins - also known as biologics - in Jena, Germany. The new plant is part of the Munich-based chemical...

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Industry Has a Future in Germany

07.12.2009 - Strategy - Industrial production still has a great potential in Germany. A joint study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, the German Federation of Industry (BDI) and IW Cologne...