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19.11.2012 - Strategy - The European chemical industry is facing major challenges as value chains increasingly move eastward, drawn by economic growth and market opportunities in Asia. A new...

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Martin Widmann to Head BASF's Fuel and Lubricant Solutions

19.11.2012 - Martin Widmann, Senior Vice President, has taken over responsibility for BASF's global business unit Fuel and Lubricant Solutions as of October 1st, 2012. Fuel and Lubricant...

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China Shenhua Coal Has Selected Ineos Innovene PP Process

19.11.2012 - Ineos Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP Process for the manufacture of homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to China Shenhua Coal to Chemical Xinjiang Coal...

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Kolb Expands Production in Moerdijk

16.11.2012 - A fourth reactor for the production of alkoxylates has been commissioned at chemical company Kolb's Dutch site in Moerdijk. As a result, Kolb Moerdijk is one of the biggest sites...

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Merck KGaA Lifts Outlook on Drugs, Screen Chemicals

15.11.2012 - Merck KGaA lifted its 2012 outlook on Thursday and beat expectations for third-quarter results as it capitalised on its strong position in the market for chemicals for flat screens...

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BASF Celebrates Opening of Battery Materials Production Plant in Elyria, Ohio

13.11.2012 - BASF today celebrated the grand opening of its new cathode materials production plant in Elyria, Ohio. The materials manufactured at the Elyria plant will be used by BASF's...

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Momentive Specialty Chemicals Announces Q3 2012 Results

13.11.2012 - Momentive Specialty Chemicals today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. Results for the third quarter of 2012 ninclude: Revenues of $1.2 billion...

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Sinopec Petrochemicals Unit to Boost Capacity, Tackles Pollution

13.11.2012 - Asia's largest refiner, China's Sinopec, will boost refining capacity at its Yangzi Petrochemical unit by more than half to 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) in mid-2014, and may...