Keyword: DuPont

Chemistry & Life Sciences

M&A in the Chemicals & Materials Sector in the First Half of 2012

25.09.2012 - Mergers & Acquisitions - Recently, Squire Sanders commissioned a report from their partners at Mergermarket on mergers and acquisitions activity in the chemicals and industrials...

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The Chemicals Economy at Halftime in 2012

25.09.2012 - Market Overview - With the euro crisis biting ever harder, the US economy still staggering under a formidable debt burden and even the Chinese growth engine sputtering, the chief...

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DuPont Wins 20-Year Ban on Kolon's Kevlar Rival

01.09.2012 - DuPont, the inventor of Kevlar, used in bulletproof vests and other body armor, won a federal court order barring South Korea's Kolon Industries from making a competing version of...

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DuPont to Sell Car Paint Unit to Carlyle for $4.9 Billion

30.08.2012 - DuPont struck a deal to sell its slow-growing car paint business to private equity firm Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion cash as it seeks to focus on higher-growth areas such as...

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Syngenta to Buy DuPont Pest Control Unit for $125 Million

29.08.2012 - Syngenta said it would buy DuPont's professional products insecticide business for $125 million in cash to expand the Swiss company's range of pest-control products. Under the...

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Citing Global Anxiety, DuPont Gets Cautious on 2012

24.07.2012 - DuPont, which makes chemicals, hybrid seeds and Kevlar bulletproof fiber, said on Tuesday that it expected 2012 earnings to come in at the bottom of its prior forecast range, due...

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Invista NY Trial against Ex-Owner DuPont Opens

05.06.2012 - Koch Industries' fabric company Invista went to trial in New York on Monday against DuPont to recover up to $744.6 million it says it is owed for dealing with problems at...

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New Facilities Spotlight Next-generation Biofuels

20.05.2012 - After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line...