Keyword: performance plastics

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Trinseo to Acquire Italy’s API

19.06.2017 - US styrenics producer Trinseo has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Italy’s family-owned API Applicazioni Plastiche Industriali in an all-cash deal. This will be the...

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Dow Said Prepared to Sell Copolymers Unit

17.10.2016 - Dow Chemical is prepared to sell its business with ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, used primarily in food packaging, as a move toward winning antitrust approval for its $130...

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Roquette Commissions Isosorbide Plant

10.04.2015 - French family-owned group Roquette has started up a second production plant for its plant-based material, isosorbide. Roquette said the facility in Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais, is the...

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Roquette Launches World's Largest Isosorbide Production Unit

09.04.2015 - Roquette, the world's No. 5 starch producer, announced the launch of a new 20,000 tons/year industrial unit for the production of isosorbide at its site in Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais...

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Dow CEO Liveris Defends Strategy Against Hedge Fund

30.01.2014 - In a conference call to present financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013, Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris defended his strategy of integrating commodity...

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Dow Chemical Puts Additional Businesses up for Sale

30.10.2013 - Dow Chemical is hanging the "for sale" sign on additional links in its value chain, raising the sum of assets it plans to divest over the next few months from $1.5 billion to $3-4...

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Dow Chemical Sees Farm Products Driving Profit This Year

25.04.2013 - Dow Chemical posted a better-than-expected 33% jump in quarterly profit as farmers in the Americas bought more of its seeds and pesticides, overshadowing a decline in European...