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DuPont to Spin Off Performance Chemicals Division

30.10.2013 - DuPont has announced that it will spin off its $7 billion Performance Chemicals division, including the titanium dioxide and the chemicals and fluoroproducts businesses, to...

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Clariant to Sell Detergents & Intermediates Business to ICIG

24.10.2013 - Clariant has agreed to sell its Detergents & Intermediates business to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) for 58 million Swiss francs, including 20 million in cash. The...

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Jarden’s Founder to Buy Chemical Maker Macdermid For $1.8 Billion

11.10.2013 - Platform Acquisition Holdings, founded by Jarden Corp Chairman Martin Franklin, said it would acquire privately held specialty chemicals maker MacDermid for about $1.8 billion...

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Sabo Announces Agreement with BASF

02.10.2013 - Sabo announces that it has entered into an agreement with BASF for a license of the Chimassorb 2020 technology. Chimassorb 2020 combines exceptionally high UV and long-term thermal...

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Syngenta May Be Template as Novartis Reviews Non-Core Assets

24.09.2013 - Novartis may take a leaf out of its past deal-book as the Swiss drugmaker conducts a review into some of its underperforming businesses, a board member said. New chairman Joerg...

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Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS and Alfa Laval Cooperate in Millireactor Technology

19.09.2013 - Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS (EMB), a subsidiary of Bayer Technology Services, has acquired a worldwide license from Alfa Laval to market and manufacture ART reactor technology. With...

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Lanxess Seeks to Increase Competitiveness

19.09.2013 - Lanxess is countering the challenging business environment with a comprehensive efficiency program. Currently, it is foremost the synthetic rubber activities that are experiencing...

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Jacobs Engineering to buy Sinclair Knight Merz for $1.2 Billion

09.09.2013 - Jacobs Engineering Group, one of the world's largest construction consulting firms, said on Sunday it would acquire Australian employee-owned consultancy Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM)...