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Huntsman to buy Ampac’s Specialty Chemicals Business

17.11.2015 - Huntsman Family Investments (HFI) has agreed to acquire American Pacific Corp.’s specialty chemicals business from global investment bank H.I.G. Capital, which acquired the company...

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Huntsman Restarts German Pigments Plant

05.10.2015 - US chemical producer Huntsman said it has restarted its pigments plant at Uerdingen, Germany following the explosion of a nitrogen tank on Aug. 5. The company said the restart took...

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Asbestos Released in German Huntsman Blast

10.08.2015 - The explosion of a nitrogen tank at a production facility for titanium dioxide (TiO2) belonging to US chemical producer Huntsman at Chempark Uerdingen in Germany injured 20 workers...

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First Asian PA Plant Inaugurated at Shanghai

11.05.2015 - BASF has inaugurated a wholly owned 100,000 t/y plant for PA 6 and PA 6.6, sold under the "Ultramid" trademark, at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). The new facility, the...

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Huntsman Increases Specialty Amine Capacity

20.04.2015 - US chemical producer Huntsman has announced plans to expand capacity for specialty amines at its sites in Petfurdo, Hungary, and Conroe, Texas, US, by 2016. Financial investment...

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Huntsman to Cut 900 Jobs, Restructure Pigments Units

03.12.2014 - Shortly after the acquisition of Rockwood Holding's pigments businesses for $1.1 billion in October, US chemical producer Huntsman has announced plans to slash 900 jobs while...

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Momentive Specialty Chemicals to Build Formaldehyde Plants in Louisiana

07.11.2014 - Momentive Specialty Chemicals has announced plans to build two new world-scale formaldehyde plants with total capacity for more than 400,000 t/y at its Geismar and Luling...

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Brussels Gives Final OK to Huntsman-Rockwood Deal

06.10.2014 - The European Commission has given its final approval for Huntsman's planned acquisition of Rockwood's Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide businesses. In September, the EC...