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Clariant Books Impairment Charge on Sunliquid Plant

14.12.2022 -

Specialty chemicals producer Clariant is taking an impairment charge of around 225 million Swiss francs on its sun-liquid branded bioethanol plant that started up at...

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New Specialty Life Science Player Actylis Debuts

27.09.2022 -

US specialty materials manufacturer Aceto and 10 other companies with business operations in North America, Europe, India and China have merged into a new cross-industry...

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BASF Force Majeure for two Compostable Resins

19.10.2017 - BASF has declared force majeure for its compostable bioresins ecoflex and ecovio. The declaration follows the discovery of a technical defect in the ecoflex plant at Ludwigshafen...

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American Vanguard Buys Grupo Agricenter

18.09.2017 - AMVAC Netherlands, a wholly owned subsidiary of US specialty and agricultural products company American Vanguard, is to acquire Grupo Agricenter, a Costa Rica-based distributor of...

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DuPont Swaps Pestidices for FMC’s Nutriceuticals

03.04.2017 - Complying with the EU’s conditions for approval of its $130 million merger with Dow Chemical, DuPont has agreed to sell its chewing pest insecticides, broadleaf herbicides...

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BASF Inaugurates Texas Dicamba Plant

23.03.2017 - BASF has inaugurated its new $270 million world-scale production complex for dicamba, the active ingredient in its Engenia herbicide, at its Beaumont, Texas, site. The German group...

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BASF Enters Indian Rice Crop Protection Market

26.01.2017 - BASF has launched what it says is a “range of new solutions” to fight disease, weeds and insects in Indian rice crops, thus boosting the productivity and income of farmers on the...

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Azelis Opens Office in Ivory Coast

11.01.2017 - Specialty chemical distributor Azelis is opening an office in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as part of its growth strategy for Africa. As part of its plans, the Luxembourg-headquartered...