Dyneon to Acquire Empore Solid Phase Extraction Family of Products

12-Jan-2007 - Dyneon LLC, a 3M company, announced that it will acquire 3M's Bioanalytical Technologies business, including the Empore solid phase extraction family of products, effective Jan. 1, 2007. The Bioanalytical Technologies business and Empore products will be integrated into Dyneon and will augment ...

LANXESS: Sale of Textile Processing Chemicals business successfully completed

11-Jan-2007 - LANXESS AG successfully completed the sale of its Textile Processing Chemicals (TPC) business by the end of 2006 as expected. All the activities of the Textile Processing Chemicals business unit outside of North America have been acquired by Dutch investor Egeria and business unit management. The ...

Akzo Nobel to Appoint New General Counsel

11-Jan-2007 - Akzo Nobel has announced that following a distinguished 18-year career with the company, Jan Eijsbouts, General Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs, will retire on June 1, 2007. Having spent 18 years working in various international legal capacities at Philips and DSM, Jan joined Akzo Nobel ...

Converting Nitrogen to a More Useful Form

Nitrogen fixation: Hafnium complex couples atmospheric nitrogen with carbon dioxide

11-Jan-2007 - Nitrogen-containing organic compounds are important products as well as intermediates for many pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and chemicals used in electronics. In order to find synthetic pathways that do not rely on ammonia, scientists are searching for ways to fix atmospheric nitrogen in the ...

Rhodia Polyamide announces a price increase for Adipic acid in Europe

10-Jan-2007 - In response to the continuing and lasting trend of rising raw material costs, Rhodia Polyamide announced a 70EUR /t price increase for Adipic acid effective January 1st, 2007.

Air Products to Acquire Polish Industrial Gas Business from Linde

10-Jan-2007 - Air Products announced it has reached definitive agreement with The Linde Group to acquire the industrial gas business of BOC Gazy Sp z o.o. for 370 million euros ($481 million). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. For regulatory purposes, BOC Gazy ...

BASF und TOYO cooperate in marketing of special gas purification technology

09-Jan-2007 - Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) and BASF have entered into a cooperation to market and sell a gas purification technology specifically designed to purify synthesis gas streams for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plants and chemical products such as Methanol. According to ...

SABIC completes purchase of Huntsman's UK base chemicals and polymers business

09-Jan-2007 - Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman and CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Peter Huntsman, President and CEO of Huntsman Corporation announced the completion of the purchase of Huntsman's UK Base Chemicals and Polymers business. Under the terms of the deal SABIC has acquired 100 per ...

Canadian chemical sales increase by 10% to $29 billion in 2006

05-Jan-2007 - Overall sales of Canadian basic chemicals and resins increased by 10% in 2006 to $29 billion. Export sales, which represent over two-thirds of total industry sales, were up 6%. Sales to US markets were also up by 6% as were exports to offshore markets. The 2006 estimates are based on Statistics ...

PerkinElmer Acquires Thermal Analysis Product Line from Triton Technology

04-Jan-2007 - PerkinElmer, Inc. announced the acquisition of a line of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) products from UK-based Triton Technology Ltd. The DMA instrument is used by scientists in the polymers, pharmaceuticals and food industries for diverse applications ranging from simple quality control to ...