- Praxair joins the Canadian chemical
scene.
Previously known as Linde, this company is Canada's largest producer of industrial, medical and specialty gases A familiar chemical company name has disappeared from the Canadian scene, but it is not another victim of the recession. Linde Canada Inc. has changed its name to Praxair Canada Inc. Company president Paul ......
- Looking back: will lessons learned from CCPA's
past fortify the future of Canadian chemical
industries?
Looking back, the Canadian chemical industry was a complex sector composed of many different components. To this day, the industry's products--petrochemicals, inorganics, and specialties-represent a widely divergent collection of manufacturing processes and end-uses. Chemical companies in Canada are: * both Canadian- and foreign-owned; * large, medium-sized, and small; * functioning ......
- Business briefs
Construction spending slides Hard hit by weakening industrial spending on new plants and offices, U.S. spending on construction unexpectedly dipped by 0.7 percent in May as sales of both residential and non-residential building slowed down, the Commerce Department reported. Construction spending on homes, schools, factories and offices dipped from a ......
- PLANTS AND PROJECTS
Lanxess Expands TMQ Production at Brunsbiittel by One-third ...
- Fertilizer mfr to open Fostoria plant
Vogel Seed, based in Jackson, Wisconsin, is constructing a Spring Valley Turf Products plant on property located along Route 12, just outside of Fostoria. The property formerly was occupied by the Agrialliance fertilizer plant, which was destroyed by a tornado in 2004.
- Canadian Chemical sales increase by 3% in 2002. (News
Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
Overall sales of Canadian manufactured chemicals increased by 3 per cent in 2002, despite a continued slowdown in the United States and other key economies. According to the annual survey of business conditions compiled by the Canadian Chemical Producers' Association [CCPA], respondents expect to see a further 3 per cent ......
- New Tax Measures to Aid Chemical Industry in Canada
Canada's Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA) says new tax measures in the federal budget will help the chemical industry. CCPA has praised the federal government for providing tax relief to the manufacturing sector in its 2007 budget, through modified capital cost allowance on new investments in this sector of the Canadian ......