AZDEL, INC. EXPANDING GLOBAL COMPOSITE CAPABILITIES

05-Sep-2001 - AZDEL, Inc., a joint venture company between General Electric Company and PPG Industries, Inc., announced today that it is expanding its thermoplastic composite materials capacity and capability in both North America and Europe. The capacity expansion will focus on two AZDEL production lines, ...

Indopol® To Be BP's Global Polybutene Brand

04-Sep-2001 - BP announced today that it is re-launching its worldwide portfolio of polybutenes under a single brand, Indopol®. The new Indopol® range will include the entire range of BP’s polybutenes formerly marketed under the Napvis, Hyvis and Indopol brand names. The consolidation of the complete range ...

L-Threonine capacity doubled at Degussa AG

03-Sep-2001 - The Feed Additives Business Unit of Degussa AG, Düsseldorf, has invested in a new production line for L-Threonine at its plant in Slovenská Lupca, Slovakia. This expansion is considered to be the first step in the companys’ strategy to further ramp up production capacity of L-Threonine. The new ...

Eastman Chemical Company Files Form 10 Registration Statement with SEC For Previously Announced Spin Off

03-Sep-2001 - Kingsport, Tenn.( Aug. 31, 2001)--Eastman Chemical Company announced that a Form 10 registration statement, which includes the preliminary information/proxy statement, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its previously announced plan to become two ...

PolyOne Announces Changes Within Elastomers and Performance Additives Business

03-Sep-2001 - CLEVELAND, Aug 31, 2001 PolyOne Corporation announced a series of actions within its Elastomers and Performance Additives operations. These steps are being taken to better align the business unit's manufacturing assets to meet current customer needs and to better position the business for growing ...

Solvay Signs Agreement with Kobe Steel Aiming At Introducing Vinyloop® in Japan

Solvay's innovative PVC recycling process takes first step in Asia

31-Aug-2001 - Solvay and Kobe Steel have just signed a cooperation agreement with a view to introduce and market Solvay's Vinyloop®PVC recycling process in Japan. The agreement includes carrying out feasibility and market studies to promote the application of the innovative process in Japan. The studies are ...

BASF uses Elemica for contract buying and selling

30-Aug-2001 - BASF Aktiengesellschaft has successfully completed a first transaction that also links its purchasing department with Elemica. As a result, BASF now uses the world's largest chemicals e-marketplace for both contract buying and selling in Europe and the United States. In the future, a contract by ...

Bayer: First business transaction using Elemica

eCommerce platform to grow on importance

30-Aug-2001 - Leverkusen – Bayer today concluded the first chemical business transactions using the global eCommerce marketplace Elemica. In this ChemXML-based electronic dialog all essential stages of the seller-purchaser interchange are fully automated. Monochlorobenzene and Formic Acid were traded as part ...

Degussa attains sole ownership of start-up Proligo LLC and invests additional $ 18 million to support future growth

28-Aug-2001 - Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, announced today that its subsidiary Degussa Corp, NJ, will acquire the outstanding 49 percent interest in Proligo LLC from Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) to gain 100 percent ownership of Proligo. At the same time Degussa announced that it has provided $ 18 million ...

Novartis files application with FDA for Zometa® in a broad range of cancer-related bone complications

27-Aug-2001 - Novartis announced today that it has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking marketing authorization for Zometa® (zoledronic acid for injection) in the treatment of bone complications (metastases) associated with a broad range of tumor types. These include ...