Keyword: Huntsman

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Clariant Moves on from Failed Merger

27.11.2017 - Following a supervisory board meeting and a first face-to-face encounter with activist investor White Tale last week, Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant said it would...

Markets & Companies

UK Chemical Companies Start to Fear the Worst with Brexit

24.11.2017 - In a little over a year, the UK will be withdrawing from the European Union. Yet the future of the country and its chemicals industry is even more uncertain now than it was when a...

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White Tale Tells Clariant its Terms

31.10.2017 - Following Swiss speciality chemicals producer Clariant’s decision last week to back away from the $20 bn merger with Huntsman announced in May – citing uncertainty over gaining the...

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Clariant and Huntsman Call off “Merger of Equals”

27.10.2017 - In a move that surprised some but others had anticipated, the transatlantic multi-billion dollar fusion of the two specialty chemicals producers Clariant of Switzerland and...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

SIS to Increase Acid Gas Handling Safety

27.10.2017 - Huntsman Advanced Materials serves over 3000 customers in 80 countries with innovative, customized solutions and more than 1500 products that address global engineering challenges...

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AkzoNobel Develops Novel Amines Technology

06.10.2017 - In what it regards as a “potential game-changer for the industry”, AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology for producing ethylene amines and...

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White Tale Boosts Clariant Stake to Scupper Huntsman Deal

25.09.2017 - Activist investor White Tale has boosted its stake in Clariant to 15.1% from 5.13% in early July as it continues to try and scupper the proposed $20 billion merger with Huntsman...

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US Gulf Production Starts to Recover Post Harvey

21.09.2017 - Petrochemical plants on the US Gulf Coast are starting to resume operations after Hurricane Harvey left behind a trail of destruction. Refineries and chemical plants had been shut...