Keyword: performance materials

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Air Products and Evonik Close to Performance Materials Deal?

18.03.2016 - Air Products & Chemicals is in advanced talks to sell its performance materials business to Evonik Industries, news agencies have reported. A deal for the business, called Versum...

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BASF to Merge POM Into Korea-based JV

17.03.2016 - BASF continues to draw down its presence in the European plastics production sector. In the latest move, announced on Mar. 16, the German group said it plans to merge its...

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Merck Appoints Executive Board Members

20.01.2016 - Germany’s Merck KGaA has appointed two new executive board members. Udit Batra and Walter Galinat, heads of the Life Science and Performance Materials business sectors respectively...

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Ashland to Spin off Valvoline to Shareholders

29.09.2015 - US chemical producer Ashland has announced it will spin off its engine lubricants subsidiary Valvoline in a tax-free transaction to shareholders. The separation is expected to take...

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DSM Dyneema Finalizes Cubic Tech Deal

15.05.2015 - DSM Dyneema, subsidiary of Dutch chemical producer DSM, has finalized the acquisition of Cubic Tech Corporation, a privately owned company based in Mesa, Arizona in the US. Cubic...

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Ashland Signs Distribution Agreement with Büfa Group

05.02.2015 - Ashland Performance Materials has announced Büfa Chemikalien and Vivochem as official sales partners for its Intermediates and Solvents Business for Germany, Belgium and the...

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Activist Investor Urges DuPont to Split in Two

22.09.2014 - Through his hedge fund Trian, US activist investor Nelson Peltz, who has stirred up affairs at a number of other companies, has set his sights on breaking up chemical giant DuPont...

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Emerald Kalama Chemical Appoints David Keung Sales Manager for Asia Pacific

17.09.2014 - Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, created the new position of Asia Sales Manager, appointing David Keung to support growing demand for the...