Keyword: DuPont

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Court Overturns EU Approval of BASF’s GM Potato

16.12.2013 - The EU General Court has overturned on procedural grounds a 2010 decision by the European Commission (EC) authorizing sales of the genetically modified potato Amflora, developed by...

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Kuraray to Acquire DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls

25.11.2013 - Kuraray and DuPont today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for DuPont to sell Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a part of DuPont Packaging &...

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Sabic Engineering Polymers Arm to Shut West Virginia ABS plant

18.11.2013 - Sabic Innovative Plastics, the engineering polymers arm of the Saudi group, will close its ABS plant at Washington, West Virginia in the U.S. and sell the property to investors...

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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...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Agrochemical’s Role in Creating World Peace

06.08.2013 - Finding The Balance - The global food supply and global peace are interlinked. Agrochemicals play only a small part in the cost of food production and other factors such as food...

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Rockwood Expects Pigments Unit to Earn More in Second Half

06.08.2013 - U.S. chemical maker Rockwood Holdings hopes to turn around the paint pigments business it has been trying to sell for a year as it expects raw material costs to halve. Weak prices...

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DuPont Gains Hard-Fought Majority Stake In Pannar Seed

01.08.2013 - U.S. chemical and seed company DuPont said on Wednesday it completed its three-year effort to buy a majority stake in South Africa's largest seed company, overcoming that country's...

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DuPont Operating Profit Recedes by 16% in Q2

31.07.2013 - Sales of the DuPont group were virtually flat in Q2 2013, with the slight revenue setback of 1% to $9.8 billion blamed on poor pricing for the titanium dioxide business it plans to...