Speciality Chemicals Magazine News

Second private equity firm takes a stake in Univar

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:24:00 GMT

CD&R acquire 42.5% share from CVC

Solvay expands into HF in China

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:23:00 GMT

Electronic grade HF to be made for JV firm

Kemira works with Outotec

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:22:00 GMT

Co-operation mainly in mining and oil sands

DuPont expands metallisation pastes

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:21:00 GMT

Solamet capacity doubles as demand grows

Novolyte splits operations as Korean JV formed

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:49:00 GMT

Battery materials joined with Foosung salts

NextPharma extends microbiology services

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:48:00 GMT

Three new labs at Göttingen site

Nalco opens Indian site, acquires EOR firm

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:09:00 GMT

Pune centre forms part of five-strong network

IMCD buys Warwick’s distribution companies

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:07:00 GMT

Expansion for world’s largest speciality chemicals distributor

Cerbios opens HPAPI facility

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:06:00 GMT

Continued investment since 1999

What’s cooking?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:05:00 GMT

European Patent Office upholds CEM patent

Rhodia goes even greener

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:04:00 GMT

Collaboration with French and Chinese institutes

Chemtura gears up for organometallic specialities

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:42:00 GMT

Investment in Germany, JV in Korea

Aesica to add high containment

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:41:00 GMT

Facility adds to APIs, formulated products

Cyprotex acquires Apredica, expands UK site

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:40:00 GMT

Combination also includes Cellumen technologies

Johnson Matthey sells Vertec to Dorf Ketal

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:09:00 GMT

Another Western buy for rapidly growing Indian firm

Dispersions investment in China for BASF

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:08:00 GMT

Plant complements regional network in boom market

Dow Corning moves to secure silicon

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:08:00 GMT

Wacker example followed with stake in Timminco facility

Evonik to add more TAA derivatives

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:07:00 GMT

Production to shift to larger Chinese facility

Cherokee owner in shock exit, sells site back to Merck

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Riverside returned after failure to expand customer base

AMRI to expand in Singapore

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:56:00 GMT

Move prompted by continuing shift East

OECD adopts EpiDerm test

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:55:00 GMT

Animal welfare groups applaud Draize test replacement

Innospec managers settle civil charges

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:54:00 GMT

Fines for two over bribes to officials

DSM tries to sell Special Products

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:53:00 GMT

Second attempt after EC blocks 2008 exit

Charles River cancels WuXi PharmaTech acquisition

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:44:00 GMT

Shareholder pressure ends deal

Huntsmans buys Laffans chemicals

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:43:00 GMT

Further expansion in amines and surfactants after Singapore

Kemira buys Teesport from Albemarle

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:42:00 GMT

Facility adds products to Oil & Mining division

Chemtura makes another sale

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:41:00 GMT

Sonneborn buys natural sodium sulphonates, oxidised petrolatum

BASF splits Care Chemicals

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:40:00 GMT

New Nutrition & Health division established

TSCA reform process begins in US

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Act introduced into House of Representatives

Johnson Matthey scavenges from Reaxa

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:59:00 GMT

QuadraPure, QuadraSil join Smopex in new business

Chromatography combination

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:58:00 GMT

InstrAction joins Novasep in small molecule purification

Rhodia invests at ex-McIntyre sites

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:57:00 GMT

Consolidation in UK, upgrade in US

Süd-Chemie plans cellulose ethanol plant

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:56:00 GMT

€28 million facility due onstream in 2011

Merck KGaA completes Millipore buy

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:41:00 GMT

Two new divisions created within Merck Chemicals

Ashland, Süd-Chemie expand foundry JV

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:40:00 GMT

ASK Chemicals participating in rebounding market

SOCMA criticises Senate security bill

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:00 GMT

Secure Chemical Facilities Act called ‘misguided’

It’s the sun

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:38:00 GMT

SAFC Hitech to work on solar applications

Evonik takes Tessenderlo’s glycine customer list

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:37:00 GMT

Expansion in China to make up volumes

Aptuit buys GSK research facility

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Continuing supply agreement keeps 500 staff employed

Borregaard closes Ravenna plant

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:59:00 GMT

Several years of losses force decision

Aesica buys R5

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:58:00 GMT

R&D company is third UK acquisition

Kemira starts membrane R&D

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:57:00 GMT

Singapore university joins two-year project

BASF ends Astra antioxidants venture

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:56:00 GMT

New options to be pursued for Middle East

BASF acquires Cognis for €3.1 billion

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:16:00 GMT

Further move to specialities as Lubrizol beaten off

Bio-succinic acid JV formalised

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:15:00 GMT

DSM and Roquette announce breakthrough

Lanxess optimises yellow iron oxide pigments

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:14:00 GMT

Process improvements at multiple sites as demand grows

AkzoNobel further sharpens focus

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:13:00 GMT

National Starch goes in $1.3 billion deal

White out

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:12:00 GMT

Kemira exits fluorescent whitening agents

Rhodia in Chinese surfactant maker buy

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:21:00 GMT

Plans to double size as firm goes Asian

Chemtura files Plan of Reorganisation

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:20:00 GMT

Chapter 11 bankruptcy exit a step closer

BASF in CO2 capture venture

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:19:00 GMT

Intermediates division joins RTI in DoE-sponsored work

AMRI acquires Hyaluron

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:19:00 GMT

Expansion adds sterile filling

ISP to work with Vivimed

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:18:00 GMT

UV absorbers for personal care the focus

Albemarle expands on two European fronts

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:48:00 GMT

Services Centre in Hungary, kilo lab in Belgium

VanDeMark opens European office

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:47:00 GMT

Hughes named head of sales and business development

Evonik powers up on powder catalysts

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:46:00 GMT

New facility in China follows recycling deal in India

Swan upping CNT capacity

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:45:00 GMT

Second facility to follow one opened in May

Here comes the sun

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:44:00 GMT

Solar investments for three major firms