Chemical Week

1. Praxair to acquire German industrial gas assets from Air Liquide.(Brief...
Praxair says it has reached an agreement with Air Liquide to purchase industrial gas assets and related businesses in Germany for 497 million [euro] ($600 ...
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2. Borden to buy Bakelite.(Bakelite GmbH)(Borden Chemical Co.)(Brief Article)
Borden Chemical (Columbus, OH) says it has agreed to buy Bakelite (Iserlohn, Germany) from Rutgers for $215 million-$245 million, subject to closing adjustments. The transaction ...
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3. RPM earnings and sales increase. .(RPM International Inc.)(Brief Article)
RPM International says that net earnings for its fiscal first quarter ended August 31, rose to $54.5 million, a 14.3% increase over the year-ago quarter.
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4. GE and Bechtel form alliance for coal gasification projects.(Bechtel Group...
GE Energy and Bechtel say they will form an alliance to develop a standard commercial offering for integrated combined-cycle gasification (IGCC) power projects in North ...
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5. U.K. study identifies 80 toxic chemicals in children.(Brief Article)
Environmental group WWF (Godalming, U.K.) and The Co-Operative Bank (Skelmersdale, U.K.) say they have completed a study that identifies for the first time that children ...
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6. Idemitsu, Mitsui, Sumitomo to restart mothballed benzene unit.(Idemitsu...
Refining company Idemitsu Kosan (Tokyo) has signed an [yen]8-billion ($72 million) agreement with Mitsui Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical under which the companies will jointly restart ...
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7. Total subsidiary acquires Akzo coatings unit.(Akzo Nobel N.V.)(Cray Valley...
Cray Valley, a Total subsidiary, says it has agreed to acquire the ultra violet/electron beam (UV/EB) resins business of Akzo Nobel for an undisclosed amount.
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8. Halliburton considers divesting KBR.(Kellogg, Brown & Root)(Brief Article)
Halliburton says it may divest all or part of its Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) engineering and construction subsidiary via a spin-off to shareholders, initial ...
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9. Council's reach talks stay on track.(European Union)(Brief Article)
The European Council of Ministers will complete discussions on the format of the European Union's (EU) Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program by ...
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10. Henkel to buy Sovereign; sells clorox stake.(top of the week)(Henkel Corp.
Henkel plans to buy Sovereign Specialty Chemicals (Chicago) for $575 million, including debt and liabilities, the companies say. Henkel says the purchase will strengthen its ...
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