This month's edition
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Speciality Chemicals Magazine News archive from December 2008
| SHAC leaders guilty of blackmail
Seven to be sentenced in January; one acquitted | |
| Evonik, Clariant slim down on top
New management structures announced at both firms | |
| EChA publishes pre-registered substances list
List not final due to high number pre-registered | |
| AkzoNobel makes further acquisitions
Firm completes share cancellation and launches bond | |
| Chiral Technologies buys ChromTech
Expanded range of columns on offer | |
| Chemicals firms continue jobs bloodbath
Many more companies follow big players’ lead | |
| Huntsman-Hexion merger terminated
Case against banks now scheduled for May | |
| Evonik makes catalysts in China
Precious metal powder plant for late 2009 | |
| Ain’t that sweet?
Austin to sell ZuChem’s rare sugars | |
| Stepan buys Ceca product lines
No assets or employees transferred | |
| Closedowns accelerate in US
Dow, DuPont, Chemtura all take action | |
| EFCG pleased with counterfeit drug draft
EC has issued amendment to directive | |
| Hovione buys Pfizer API site
Two thirds of jobs to go at Irish facility | |
| BASF opens Mumbai API lab
Facility to offer technical support in Asia | |
| REACH pre-registration has expired
Over 2 million substances listed, says EChA | |
| Altana recommends Klatten offer
Majority owner seeks to take firm private | |
| BASF gets Ciba as downturn bites
Regulatory approval is the last hurdle left | |
| First round to MSSA in sodium metal battle
ITC dismisses DuPont’s dumping claim | |
| Metrics plans ‘unique’ potent facility
Greenville plant raises the bar, firm says | |