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Slumping Pigment Demand Eats Into DuPont's Profit

22.01.2013 - Weak demand for paint pigment and solar panel parts eroded DuPont's fourth-quarter profit, with Chief Executive Officer Ellen Kullman tempering expectations for those once...

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Novozymes Says Efficiency Boost to Keep Margins High

21.01.2013 - Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes said it aims to keep margins at the current high level over the next five years through production efficiency measures, helping send its...

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Coolant Safety Row Puts the Heat on Europe's Carmakers

12.12.2012 - When engineers at Mercedes-Benz tasked with field-testing a revolutionary new refrigerant watched it ignite in a ball of fire before their eyes, it took a while for the...

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Cheap Shale Gas Gives Impetus to Bioplastics Growth

07.12.2012 - Makers of chemicals and plastics from plant matter are emerging as unlikely beneficiaries of the abundance of U.S. shale gas, which is shaking up the global petrochemical industry...

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Power of the Sun

21.11.2012 - The stunning catamaran PlanetSolar that has been launched in March 2010 in Kiel, Germany, is the winner of the 2012 Practical Boat Owner (PBO) Green Award for having...

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Sustainability in Industrial Production

21.11.2012 - Earth-Friendly Efforts - Sustainability, as an environmental concept, is an evolving approach to the protection of our planet. Over the past two decades, global science-based...

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U.S. Chemical Giants Cutting Jobs After a Devastating Third Quarter

15.11.2012 - After a bleak third quarter and expectations of a further weakening in the short-to-medium term, U.S. chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont have announced plans for massive job...

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DuPont to Cut 1,500 Jobs as Economic Storm Worsens

23.10.2012 - DuPont reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and announced 1,500 job cuts as part of a cost savings program designed to offset falling sales around the world...