Ciba wins bidding war for Allied Colloids. (Ciba Specialty Chemicals; Allied Colloids Group...

The production of such devices as sensors, photovoltaic cells, RFID tags, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and other electronics are expected to benefit considerably from printing techniques as opposed to traditional techniques such as etching. To speed up the introduction of improved conductive materials for printable electronics, two European organizations plan ......

Chemtura Corporation Middlebury, CT Products: Witcobond[R] Urethane Dispersions Increase: $0.10/lb in U.S. Effective: September 10, 2007, or per contracts Ciba Specialty Chemicals Basel, Switzerland Products: Coating Effects pigments and additives Increase: 5-30% Effective: August 21, 2007, or per contracts Dow Chemical Company Midland, MI Products: Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) ......

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc. is holding an event that features the breakthroughs and potential of ink-jet printing for textiles. The European Textile Ink Jet Printing Conference will be held in Basel, Switzerland on June 24th and 25th. "Ciba Specialty Chemicals is very interested in conferencing in this area as we ......

Ciba Purchases LPM and Expands in Canadian Paper Market Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Basel, Switzerland; www.cibasc.com) is acquiring LPM Technologies, Inc. (St-Nicholas, Quebec, Canada; www. lpmtech.com), a supplier of specialty chemicals for the pulp and paper industry, for $11.7 million. The acquisition will expand Ciba Specialty's position in the market for ......

AspenTech to Acquire Hyprotech Aspen Technology, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) has agreed to acquire Hyprotech, Ltd., a Calgary-based subsidiary of AEA Technology plc (Oxford, U.K.) and a supplier of process simulation and engineering software and services to the petroleum industry. At press time, the companies planned to close the deal for ......

Ciba Connects with Dolder to Form Chemical Trading Firm Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Basel, Switzerland; www.cibasc.com) and Dolder AG (also of Basel; www.dolder.com) have launched a new trading company, called Chem2U (Basel, Switzerland; www.chem2u.com), that offer customers high-quality products at spot prices through individualized promotions. The products Ciba offers through Chem2U ......

CIBA BUYS RAISIO CHEMICALS. Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland, announced an agreement to purchase Raisio Chemicals-Finland, from Raisio Group, Raisio, Finland, for EUR 475 million (US$ 575 million). Raisio Chemicals sales for 2003 were EUR 422 million (US$ 511 million). It has 1100 employees of which one-third are in Finland....