Keyword: Plastics and Polymers

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Bayer Says Covestro Share Sale Successful

02.03.2017 - German chemical and life sciences major Bayer said it successfully placed a 10.9% stake in engineering plastics producer Covestro with institutional investors on Mar. 1. The...

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Bayer to Cut Covestro Stake, Keep Majority

01.03.2017 - As it seeks to free funds for its planned $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer is in the process of reducing its remaining stake in engineering plastics producer Covestro...

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Sadara’s PlasChem Park to Include Automotive

22.02.2017 - Sadara Chemical Company, a 50:50 joint venture of Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, has signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi National Automobiles Manufacturing Company (SNAM)...

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Dow to Sell EEA Copolymers to SK Global

03.02.2017 - Dow Chemical has announced plans to sell its ethylene acrylic acid (EEA) copolymers business to South Korea’s SK Global Chemical. The move is part of a plan to shed assets and...

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Chemtura Shareholders Approve Sale to Lanxess

02.02.2017 - Shareholders of US additives specialist Chemtura have given the green light for the company to be acquired by Germany’s Lanxess. In September of last year, the German company...

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Calls for More Recycling Heard at WEF

23.01.2017 - A report first published in January 2016 and presented last week to a global audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, calls for a quantum leap in global...

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IMCD Buys Turkey’s Feza Kimya

27.12.2016 - IMCD has acquired Turkey’s Feza Kimya, boosting the Dutch specialty chemical distributor’s existing operations in the country. Financial details were not disclosed. Feza Kimya is...

Markets & Companies

Top Business Climate Meets Excellent Talent Pool

21.11.2016 - In the last few years, the US market has been focused more and more again by European companies. This largest single market in the world has been recognized again with a top score...