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BP consolidates North American Polybutenes Business

17-Aug-2001 - BP announced today that, following a review of its global polybutenes business, it will consolidate North American polybutene production at its Whiting, Indiana refining and petrochemicals complex. Under the consolidation plan, to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year, the company ...

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GeneScan USA now offering agrofood industry complete food safety service

17-Aug-2001 - GeneScan USA, Inc., a subsidiary of GeneScan Europe AG, and Central Analytical Laboratories, Inc. (CAL) have signed a collaboration agreement which allows GeneScan USA to offer its customers the full range of food quality control services. Producers, traders and processors of food and feed can ...

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Ashland’s Drew Marine Division to Distribute Draeger Safety Inc.’s Line of Personal Air Filtration Systems

15-Aug-2001 - Drew Marine, a division of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company (Dublin, Ohio), and Draeger Safety Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) have announced an agreement naming Drew Marine distributor for Draeger’s complete line of self-contained breathing apparatus and gas detection equipment throughout the ...

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ALTANA AG: Profit increase by around 50% in the first half of 2001

15-Aug-2001 - Consolidated sales within the first half of the year increased by 24% to 1,136 million euro (previous year: 915 million euro), thus smoothly continuing the dynamic business trend of the past years. Adjusted for exchange rate effects and smaller acquisitions the corresponding operative growth ...

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Sale of dmc² to OM Group Now Complete

15-Aug-2001 - Degussa AG of Dusseldorf has now finalized the sale of the dmc² Group to the OM Group, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, following receipt of competition clearance from the European Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Obtaining this consent was the last hurdle that had to be overcome ...

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Ticona Introduces UHMW-PE MicroPowder Grades As Functional Additives for Paints, Plastics, Rubbers and Sealants

14-Aug-2001 - Ticona has introduced its GUR® MicroPowder ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) line for use as performance additives in paints, coatings, plastics, rubbers, sealants and other materials, as well as in wicking and filtration applications. These extremely fine powder products of ...

additives coatings filters +15

Bayer plans savings and efficiency improvements worth up to EUR 1.5 billion a year

10-Aug-2001 - "The voluntary withdrawal of our cholesterol-lowering drug Lipobay/Baycol obviously has implications for our pharmaceutical strategy and the future development of the Group," says Bayer Management Board Chairman Dr. Manfred Schneider. "The economic consequences are severe, but the safety ...

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Polyplastics and Ticona Launch New Heat Resistant Liquid Crystal Polymer

09-Aug-2001 - Ticona and Polyplastics Co., Ltd. have developed a new, more heat resistant liquid crystal polymer (LCP), and in August will launch their "Vectra® T-Series". The Vectra® T-Series is a new family of LCP materials, with a melting temperature of 370°C. Customer evaluations of Vectra® T130 LCP, ...

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KEMIRA ACQUIRES ITALIAN AGECO’S FERRIC CHLORIDE PRODUCTION

09-Aug-2001 - Kemira has acquired the Italian corporation Ageco’s ferric chloride production facility in Cremona. The annual capacity of the facility is 25,000 tonnes. The production facility will be part of Kemira’s Italian subsidiary, Kemira Chimica SpA. Ferric chloride is primarily used as a coagulant in ...

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Degussa Sells Oncology Business to Baxter

08-Aug-2001 - In line with its consistent focus on specialty chemicals, Degussa AG of Dusseldorf has sold ASTA Medica Onkologie GmbH & Co. KG to Baxter Healthcare S.A., a Swiss subsidiary of Baxter International, Inc., Deerfield/Illinois, USA, for a purchase price of Euro 525 million. The parties agreed on ...

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