07-Jun-2007

The supervisory board of Degussa GmbH named 42-year-old Patrik Wohlhauser, currently head of the Exclusive Synthesis & Catalysts Business Unit, as a further executive director of Degussa GmbH. From July 1, 2007, his new responsibilities will include, among others, the new international sales ...

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04-Jun-2007

For many decades now, carbon blacks, which are customized industrial blacks, have been the secret stars of tire production. They allow desired new properties to be generated within the bounds of the "magic triangle" of (wet) grip, abrasion resistance, and rolling resistance. The early 1990s saw ...

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01-Jun-2007

Degussa is planning to build a production plant for the rigid polymethacrylimide foam ROHACELL® at its largest US site in Mobile, Alabama. The new plant comprises an investment volume of about US$10 million and is scheduled to commence operation in mid-2008. Inspec Foams, Inc., of Allen, Texas, ...

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RAG Subsidiary Degussa Enter into Long-Term Supply Agreement for Chlorosilanes

09-May-2007

Degussa GmbH and PV Silicon Forschungs- und Produktions AG, a subsidiary of PV Crystalox Solar AG, have signed a ten-year agreement for the supply of chlorosilanes. PV Silicon is building a production plant for photovoltaic silicon in Bitterfeld Chemical Park. It uses this polysilicon for ...

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11-Apr-2007

Press Release No. 5/2007 Degussa GmbH has received approval from the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to construct an integrated production facility for methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methacrylic specialties in Shanghai. The official starting shot for the specialty ...

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10-Apr-2007

Degussa GmbH will in future market its organic peroxides in Spain through Barcelonesa de Drogas y Productos Quimicos S.A, a Barcelona-based chemicals distributor. An agreement to this effect was signed at the JEC Composites Show 2007 held in Paris in early April. Effective May 1, 2007, ...

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22-Mar-2007

The RAG subsidiary Degussa is strengthening its commitment to producing alternative energy sources from renewable raw materials. The specialty chemicals company plans to construct a 60,000-metric-ton facility at its North American Mobile, Alabama, site for production of alkoxides, which are used ...

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RAG Subsidiary Degussa and Silpro signed a letter of intent

19-Mar-2007

Degussa GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the RAG Group, and Silicium de Provence (Silpro) have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the development of a joint fence to fence operation at Silpro's site in Saint Auban (France). The factory will have an initial capacity of more than 3,000 tons per ...

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06-Feb-2007

ARQUES Industries AG has acquired, in a combined asset and share deal, the p-Cresol and Antioxidants business of Degussa, comprising Degussa Sant Celoni S.A., Spain, and Degussa Knottingley Ltd., UK. The acquired business is one of the largest producers worldwide of phenolic antioxidants, ...

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26-Jan-2007

Degussa announced a price increase of 0,09 EUR/ kg for its DYNAPOL LH/LS product range, 0,15 EUR/ kg for its VESTICOAT UB range and 0,05 EUR/ kg for the DYNPOL L product range. It will be effective for orders shipped on or after February 15th 2007 or as running contracts allow. "Since beginning ...

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