Keyword: Kem One

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CEFIC Anounces EU Responsible Care Award Winners

20.11.2023 -

The European Chemical Industry Council, CEFIC, announced 26 companies and national associations as the key initiatives featured in the 2023 European Responsible Care...

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PVC Maker Kem One may Go to Apollo

21.09.2021 -

French PVC maker Kem One is up for sale again. The company said its president and majority shareholder Alain de Krassny, who bought the erstwhile Arkema business out of...

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Kem One and Chemplast Sanmar in Indian PVC JV

02.03.2017 - Kem One, a former subsidiary of French chemicals group Arkema, is to form a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) joint venture with Chemplast Sanmar, boosting its footprint in the fast-growing...

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Court Dismisses Klesch Case Against Arkema

01.12.2015 - The International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration has dismissed all claims by the Switzerland-based, US family-run Klesch Group against French chemical producer Arkema...

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European Plastics Market Struggles with Supply Shortage

08.06.2015 - Until recently, most chemical players outside the petrochemicals segment may have taken scant notice of the vast upheaval sweeping the upstream petrochemical and plastics...

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Solvay Completes Sale of European PVC Compounding

05.06.2014 - Folllowing approval by the European Commission, Solvay has completed the sale of its PVC compounding business, Benvic Europe, to US private equity investor OpenGate Capital. The...

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Kem One Converting Lavera PVC Site to Membrane Process

07.04.2014 - French PVC producer Kem One, the former Arkema subsidiary recently rescued from bankruptcy by private equity investor OpenGate Capital and industrialist Alain de Krassny, has begun...

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Takeover of insolvent PVC producer Kem One is Sealed

20.12.2013 - As expected, the Lyon, France, commercial court overseeing the Kem One bankruptcy has given the nod to the sole remaining bidder for the PVC producer. In a volte-face against the...