Chemical Week

1. BASF on course to raise agchems profitability.(Company forecasts)(Brief...
BASF says its agchems business will reach a previously announced Ebitda margin target in 2005, or 2006 at the latest. "Our objective is to raise ...
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2. U.K. prime minister calls on industry to combat climate change.(Tony...
A "new green industrial revolution" is required to develop technologies that counter global warming, says U.K. prime minister Tony Blare Global warming has become a ...
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3. LG to establish China holding company; raise sales and investments.(LG Chem...
LG Chem says it plans to establish a holding company in China on January 1, 2005. The new company, LG Chem China Investment Co. (Beijing), ...
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4. Mg calls off plastics sale.(Mg Technologies)(Rex-N-Gate)(Mergers,...
Mg Technologies says it has abandoned the previously announced 430-million [euro] ($529 million) sale of its Dynamit Nobel Kunststoff (DNK; Weissenburg, Germany) plastics processing business ...
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5. Equity firm to cut BorsodChem stake.(Brief Article)
Private equity capital company Vienna Capital Partners (VCP; Vienna) says it will sell up to 67.9% of BorsodChem (Kazincbarcika, Hungary) in the fourth quarter via ...
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6. Huntsman confirms IPO plans.(top of the week)(Huntsman International,...
Huntsman has confirmed CW's reports that the company plans an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock in the fourth quarter. Huntsman did not disclose ...
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7. Plants close as Hurricane Ivan slams Southeast Coast.(top of the week)
Many chemical plants located along the U.S. Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Florida's northwestern panhandle remained closed last week in the aftermath of Hurricane ...
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8. DuPont expects lower growth, but maintains earnings targets.(United...
DuPont says growth peaked in the second quarter, but that it still expects to meet its full-year earnings targets of $2.25-$2.35/share--a 35%-40% increase from 2003.
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9. Former Crompton executive pleads guilty to rubber chemicals price fixing.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says former Crompton executive Joseph Eisenberg has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing in the rubber chemicals market. The ...
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10. Cyclics completes financing for CBT plant.(United States/Americas)(Cyclics...
Cyclics (Schenectady, NY) says it has completed a 55.9-million [euro] ($68 million) limited recourse financing package with KfW Ipex-Bank (Frankfurt) to fund its cyclic butylene ...
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