Ashland Specialty Chemical names 3M? exclusive U.S. Distributor of PLIOGRIP® Structural

28-Oct-2000 - Dublin, Ohio (USA) -- The Specialty Polymers and Adhesives (SP&A) Division of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company recently granted 3M? Automotive Aftermarket Division exclusive rights to distribute Ashland?s ...

Clariant after the first 9 months of 2000: Sales growth at Clariant continues

24-Oct-2000 - Sales after 9 months up +17% in Swiss francs and +12% in local currencies Good performance in Europe; gratifying growth in Asia Assessment of earnings prospects more optimistic In the first 9 months of 2000, Clariant posted sales of CHF 7,940 million, an increase on the year-back ...

Solvay and K+S intend to combine their salt businesses

23-Oct-2000 - Solvay SA, Brussels and K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel, intend to join forces on the European salt market. The partners have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming at creating a joint venture that will bring together their salt production sold to ...

Rhodia expands its production capacity for engineering plastics in Europe

18-Oct-2000 - Paris, October 12, 2000 -- Rhodia announced a capital spending program for a total of 23 million euros designed to expand the Group's production capacity for engineering plastics by almost 20% in response to extremely strong growth ...

Joint venture of NOF Corporation and BASF Coatings

13-Oct-2000 - Tokyo. On October 1, the new 50/50 joint venture company of NOF Corporation, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, and BASF Coatings AG, Münster, Germany, became operative under the name BASF NOF Coatings Co., Ltd. The company with a staff of 500 is located in ...

ChemConnect Recruits Top Chemical Industry Executive, John K. Robinson, as CEO

John Beasley assumes role of Company Chairman and names BP Executive, John K. Robinson, as Chief Executive Officer

13-Oct-2000 - San Francisco, October 10, 2000 – ChemConnect Inc., the largest global Internet exchange for chemicals, plastics, and industrial gases, today announced that John K. Robinson, currently Group Vice President of BP (NYSE: BPA), is joining the company as Chief Executive ...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry given to three scientists

12-Oct-2000 - Plastic that conducts electricity We have been taught that plastics, unlike metals, do not conduct electricity. In fact plastic is used as insulation round the copper wires in ordinary electric cables.Yet this year's Nobel Laureates in Chemistry are being rewarded for their ...

Bayer and DuPont to build new PBT polymer plant

12-Oct-2000 - Geneva and Leverkusen- Bayer and DuPont Engineering Polymers recently concluded the signing of a Letter of Intent ( LOI ) concerning the formation of a manufacturing joint venture to build a new 80,000 ton plant to produce polybutylene terephthalate (PBT ...

Green light for Basell

05-Oct-2000 - The US Federal Trade Commission has cleared the way for the merger of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group’s (Shell) and BASF’s polyolefin operations. The new 50/50 joint venture was already approved, subject to conditions by the European competition authorities. ...

With polyamide, Rhodia is preparing the car of tomorrow: lighter, safer and less noisy

01-Oct-2000 - Paris, September 28, 2000 - Having been involved in the automobile sector from the very outset, Rhodia has always been committed to a dynamic research and innovation policy in partnership with the leading automobile manufacturers. ...