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Carbon Black Producer Orion Files for IPO

16.07.2014 - Backed by private equity firms Triton Capital and Rhone Group, each of which owns 41.83% of the company through Kinove Holdings, Luxembourg-based carbon black producer Orion...

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Chemical Distributor Univar Seeks IPO

30.06.2014 - Univar, North America's largest chemical distributor, is pursuing a stock market launch, with Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs as the lead underwriters. The company based in the US...

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Binding Bids for RWE-DEA Said to Have Been Submitted

11.03.2014 - Bidders have begun submitting binding offers for DEA, the oil and gas production unit of German energy group RWE, and a deal could be struck as early as this month, people familiar...

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Evonik Adds to Silanes Portfolio With Silbond Buy

06.03.2014 - Germany's Evonik has acquired leading silicic acid esters producer Silbond, headquartered at Weston, Michigan in the U.S. The Marl-based speciality already produces functional...

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Eastman Board Approves $1 Billion Share Buyback

28.02.2014 - The board of U.S. chemical producer Eastman has approved the repurchase of up to $1 billion of the company's common stock. Chief financial officer Curt Espeland said the buyback...

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Bayer Reaches 92.7% of Takeover Candidate Algeta

27.02.2014 - Bayer group has now met its target for the acquisition of Norwegian pharmaceutical producer Algeta. The German group said on Feb. 26 it had received acceptance from an estimated 97...

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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...

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Bayer Plans 80% Sales Increases in Russia by 2017

09.09.2013 - Bayer is targeting an 80% increase in sales to €1.3 billion over the five-year period up to 2017, CEO Marijn Dekkers said at a press conference in Moscow. At the same time, the...