News Collection
- EXPORTS BY US chemical manufacturers are on pace to set another record in 1997 and s...
- GINGER OIL PRICES are on the move as lackluster demand is driving prices up to almos...
- S tring of new plants and expansions are expected to kick product out of balance.
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- Sodium chlorate is benefiting from a move to ECF bleaching and the resulting substit...
- LYSINE PRICES HAVE BEGUN to rebound after a roller coaster ride which took the feed ...
- IN A JOINT PETITION, the chemical industry, plastics manufacturers and other industr...
- CAPITALIZING ON SYNERGIES and similarities of several existing but separate business...
- Soild growth is projected for organic polymers as they gain ground on the iron and a...
- CASTOR OIL PRICES are holding steady after several months of gentle escalation and a...
- in Warren, N.J., has filed an investigational new drug application with Food & D...
- Company outlines earnings strategies to analysts.
AT Dow CHEMICAL Company's tri...
- The cluster rules near finalization with a move to elemental chlorine-flee bleaching...
- FACED WITH CONTINUED oversupply and low prices, Amoco Corporation and Chevron Chemic...
- DuPont posts income gain but Dow and Arco results slip in the third quarter.
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- Bill includes increase for EPA and funding for chemical accidents review board.
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- Modest growth is projected for ion exchange resins in the US, Western Europe and Jap...
- German firms see 6 percent growth this year, as sales into North America soar.
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- Cumene Supplies Remain Snug, But More Capacity Is in Store
THE CUMENE MARKET rema...
- BUSINESS GROUPS are waging a pre-emptive strike against the Clinton Administration, ...
- With an improved economy and advertising environment, the printing and business pape...
- INEDIBLE TALLOW PRICES have risen more than 6 cents since mid-April. Producers, whil...
- Firm ethylene price also helping to support business.
POLYETHYLENE DEMAND is go...
- Markets showing the effects of Chinese play for self-sufficiency as import numbers d...
- A move to risk-based corrective action in environmental standards is driving groundw...
- AFTER SUFFERING downward pressure for years, prices for xanthan are rebounding and p...
- THE STRUCTURE OF THE petrochemical industry continues to change as companies reasses...
- While prices will increase again this year, producers still aren't making money.
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- THE FINE CHEMICALS industry is facing major changes. Altered demand patterns, escala...
- SHINTECH INC., stalled in its efforts to build a polyvinyl chloride complex in St. J...
- CHEMICAL PRODUCERS along the Gulf Coast, including Dow, Union Carbide, DuPont, Lyond...
- Spurred by the ongoing push to single enantiomer drugs, investment in asymmetric syn...
- Demand from pharmaceutical sector is keeping prices up.
PRICES FOR CRUDE IODINE r...
- Company outlines path to become an integrated player.
"THE WORLD DOESN'T N...
- CARBON BLACK September 29, 1997
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- COMING OFF AN impressive fiscal third quarter with earnings per share up 21 percent ...
- THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE industrial gas industry will be shaped in large part by the...
- NOMINATIONS FOR THE fourth quarter paraxylene contract are starting to come in, and ...
- With a number of blockbuster drugs scheduled to come off patent, suppliers of APIs f...
- ETHYLENE AND PROPYLENE remain in balance, though analysts expect both olefins to sof...
- BORATES September 1, 1997
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- BASF and PPO swap coatings and surfactant units, each with $150 million in sales.
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- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency has not consistently carried out the goals of Presid...
- ACETIC ACID AND VINYL ACETATE MONOMER continue to enjoy strong demand but are no lon...
- Low feedstocks are augmented by transportation, construction and regulatory pluses. ...
- THE ALCO CHEMICAL DIVISION of National Starch & Chemical Co. combines the specia...
- Makers of intermediates answer the call for low-dose rate agrochemicals, as the majo...
- Renewal of president's authority seen crucial for US trade position.
PRESIDENT C...
- THE CYCLOHEXANE MARKET is snug due to outages and strong demand. Several debottlenec...
- A FORECAST OF STRONG GROWTH for moldmaking agents has spurred Rhone-Poulenc Inc. to ...
- POTASSIUM CARBONATE makers have nominated their first price increases in two years, ...
- Announcement follows warning on earnings that may portend start of petrochemical dec...
- The Administration continues to seek reform of existing law.
A COALITION OF CHE...
- Operating rates are high, and impact of new capacity has been absorbed by now.
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- As consolidation shapes the course of the market, solid growth is expected for the l...
- The business has recovered in most markets, but paper industry is lagging behind.
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- FERRO CORPORATION is moving ahead with an expansion at its Walton Huls, Ohio, plant ...
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency's plan to add chemical use reporting requirements to...
- NEWS REPORTS SUGGEST that the Vietnamese government has banned the exportation of sa...
- THE NORTH AMERICAN acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin market is on its way to ano...
- Company creates Rhodia as new specialties player; Ti[O.sub.2] sale in 'active' talks...
- 1,4-BUTANEDIOL September 15, 1997
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- BOC GASES, in collaboration with IBM and American Express, has introduced a contract...
- The rest of Wall Street sees a downturn coming.
BUCKING THE CONSENSUS expectation...
- CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING executives are recognizing significant benefits by increasing...
- Optimism reigns for now, but new capacity could dampen positive outlook.
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- DEGUSSA GROUP is celebrating 50 years of methionine production and is laying the fou...
- MAKERS OF OXYGENATED gasoline additives are urging California Gov. Pete Wilson (R) t...
- Second goal of feedstock integration needs more work.
GLOBALIZATION OF THE comm...
- As branded drugs come off patent, drug makers employ a variety of strategies to comp...
- Bipartisan support builds for expediting the drug approval process and reauthorizing...
- Earlier consolidation means the industry should weather slump without steep losses. ...
- Earlier deal with Hexcel was scuttled by FTC.
CYTEC INDUSTRIES Inc. will bolste...
- DISENCHANTED WITH THE performance of railways in the state, particularly Union Pacif...
- Huge olefins project will be weighted to propylene, and mostly for captive use.
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CHEMICAL COMPANIES that have considered some type of supply-chain management...
- MAKERS OF THE ALKALI magnesium hydroxide, who have been laboring under excess capaci...
- Turning to providers of specialty technology to access the latest took in drug disco...
- POLYPROPYLENE PRICES are starting to sag in the wake of Exxon Chemical Company's rec...
- INNOVATIVE USES of the Internet, addressing the corporate culture when integrating c...
- ICI disposal program to continue; Klea may be next.
IN A MOVE THAT WILL transfo...
- ESSENTIAL OILS FROM THE Russian Republic appear poised to make a comeback after suff...
- AN OVERSUPPLY OF D-LIMONENE is expected by the end of year, market sources project. ...
- AS GROWERS BEGIN TO HARVEST this season's high-erucic acid rapeseed crop, consumers ...
- EXTENDING ITS REACH BEYOND fine chemicals and into the realm of biotechnology, Cambr...
- LAURIC OIL PRICES look to rise as several factors loom in the immediate future. Pric...
- NEW PRODUCT APPROVALS and a plethora of projects in the pipeline are keeping makers ...
- POLYACETAL (POM) MAKERS are looking forward to continued good growth and stable pric...
- Moderate growth is projected for the US OTC industry and offshore markets show stron...
- Questions remain, however, on long-term prices paid for energy at the complex.
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- DOW CORNING CORPORATION is proposing a $3.7 billion reorganization that would resolv...
- BP backs Arco, saying EC decision could jeopardize the future of licensing.
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- Deal continues restructure and puts Abu Dhabi further into the European market.
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- GREATER RAW MATERIAL availability is helping gelatin producers regain their balance ...
- EVERYTHING YOU READ today regarding the Internet points to the exponential growth of...
- With $222 billion in worldwide sales last year, the pharmaceutical industry is in a ...
- CAUSTIC SODA PRICES ARE AGAIN on the move as producers have nominated their third in...
- AKZO NOBEL AND ITS PULP AND PAPER chemical subsidiary, Eka Chemicals Inc. are mappin...
- Ausimont USA is latest to announce capacity addition.
FLUOROPOLYMER CAPACITY ex...
- Makers of gelatin and tallow derivatives fear feedstock shortage and higher prices. ...
- OUT OF OPTIONS IN WASHINGTON, a brand-name drug maker has turned to state legislatur...
- The outlook for polyurethanes is favorable, with ongoing Asian and Latin American in...
- Companies tell Congress that the worker safety agency continues to confront rather t...
- Plan to buy No. 4 player in the country will bring new chemistry and markets.
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- SOLUTIA INC., the new chemical entity to be spun off from Monsanto Company on Septem...
- A SLEW OF ACCIDENTS among chemical facilities in Texas over the last two weeks has r...
- CRUDE TALL OIL PRICES are slightly higher in the third quarter, but with CTO invento...
- Single site catalyst development and commercialization is underway, as it penetrates...
- PRICES FOR ASCORBIC ACID from China are reaching all time lows. Most accounts attrib...
- DuPont buy and Millennium deal are kicking things off.
Two RECENT MEGADEALS by ...
- Company says it will keep all ICI assets, and may build grassroots PTA plant in the ...
- GEORGIA-PAcIFIC RESINS INC. may be a small piece of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, but...
- Bulk active makers suffer from inability to supply samples to generic firms.
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- US polystyrene capacity is heading further into oversupply, and Japan's PS industry ...
- CHEMICAL COMPANIES looking to protect themselves from a disaster are turning with in...
- PRICE INCREASES HAVE SWEPT ACROSS the sulfuric acid market over the past several mon...
- THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY can expect more regulations involving its liquid terminal...
- Plastics will be a strong part of Malaysia's target to be an industrialized nation b...
- THE WHITE OILS MARKET is still suffering from oversupply in the wake of recent capac...
- Events to culminate on September 2 when US and local decisions are made.
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- Strong demand from methylene diisocyanate producers.
THE ANILINE MARKET is extr...
- The global outlook for plastic additives is favorable, with Asia leading the way in ...
- Production cutbacks and fast growth should offset impact of new capacity.
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- BAYER AG IS PLANNING to invest more than DM500 million ($270 million) in Thailand du...
- CANCER RISKS FROM ATRAZINE and other herbicides in drinking water exceed the health ...
- WORLDWIDE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS continues to increase, driven mainly by healthcare adva...
- Transportation and appliances lead the market in consumption of engineering thermopl...
- Status quo is a setback for industry, but ethanol backers say fight for extension is...
- PATCHOULI, ONE OF THE MORE distinct fragrance oils, is in the midst of a price runup...
- "WE ARE NOT TRYING to change the way perfumes and colognes are created," s...
- Housing starts are likely to fall, while feedstock hikes are starting to loom.
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- Deal consolidates role as leading fertilizer producer and shores up sulfur business....
- Polyethylene shows dynamic growth, while polyvinyl chloride may slow down because of...
- Plant expansions, starting with ICI at Rozenburg, should ease problems later this ye...
- STERLING CHEMICALS INC. suffered a severe outage at its methanol plant in Texas City...
- Company may devote capacity to more citric acid output.
INDUSTRY REPORTS SUGGES...
- FURTHER, CONSOLIDATION is bringing supply and demand back into balance for the aceta...
- Still, the company is playing catchup with competitors.
MOST OF WALL STREET is ...
- AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP is seeking commitments from the 100 largest chemical manufact...
- Medical plastics should grow solidly, in spite of cost-containment measures.
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- ZINC SULFATE, LONG A LAGGARD of the micronutrient fertilizer industry, stands to ben...
- New capacity is needed but newly fragmented companies aren't willing to invest.
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- SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Dan Glickman is the latest official to call for continuing ...
- EVERY DAY IT SEEMS a new communications tool appears to make it a little easier to g...
- CAN A CHEMICAL COMPANY reconcile what appear to be competing business objectives-mak...
- THE OLEFINS INDUSTRY received a jolt last week when Lyondell Petrochemical Company a...
- Films are experiencing strong overall growth, fueled by the trend toward flexible ma...
- Company may hit $500 million in sales this year.
AFTER SURVIVING FOR many years...
- Factions are squaring off in Congress for a fight that will heat up in September.
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- Joint venture combining two integrated plants will form a new global silicone player...
- EMACIATED MARGINS for coproduct glycerine are pressuring producers of stearic acid a...
- THE MENTHOL WORLD has seen dramatic price swings in just the last six months. After ...
- Merger creates largest North American ethylene and polyethylene producer.
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- UREA CAPACITY (*)
Agrium, Borger, Tex......
- THE US COURT OF APPEALS for the District of Columbia has largely rejected the chemic...
- German economic minister rejects deal, and fate of BASF unit is now unclear.
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- In a move as stunning for its swiftness as for its scope, E.I. du Pont de Nemours &a...
- Strong volumes, stable raw material costs and continuing strength in the polyethylen...
- ACETAMINOPHEN July 7, 1997
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- A broad coalition of chemical companies, petroleum refiners and other US industries ...
- Riding on the back of firm polyethylene prices, many of the majors enjoyed a healthy...
- After months of speculation, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced the plan...
- After pressing through a production scare earlier in the year which threatened to le...
- While some essential oils, most notably mint oils, patchouli and sandalwood, have ha...
- Huls America Inc. is continuing its buildup in the specialty isocyanate business wit...
- Earnings and revenues firmed up for mid-sized commodity chemical producers in the se...
- The price for crude sulfate turpentine has risen by 10 cents in the third quarter, b...
- With few exceptions, the ISO 14001 bandwagon is slow to catch on in US-based chemica...
- Fortune has not been kind to buyers of tung and oiticica oils. Two years in a row of...
- Metallic Stearate Producers say they have "gotten religion" as they close ...
- The markets for propylene derivatives are tightening in the wake of the explosion an...
- As Vendors and Clients continue to refine custom and contract relationships, continu...
- You've probably heard the Internet referred to as the information superhighway. Ther...
- While Responsible Care is spreading worldwide, the degree of implementation varies. ...
- UK-based chemical producers are being hit by a continued rise in the value of the po...
- Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals is expanding its cGMP capabilities with a flurry of pro...
- As Brazil moves toward economic stability, multinational producers are keeping a clo...
- The glycerine market has been stuck in a slump for almost two years now, with supply...
- As the use and complexity of computer-related systems increases, the pharmaceutical ...
- The recent drop in urea and ammonia prices is prompting fears that the nitrogen fert...
- The orthoxylene has been tight for the past few months due to outages and strong dem...
- The petroleum wax and oils market is strong but facing much change recently with the...
- Petrochemicals, chloralkali are the main sectors yet to be sold in specialties push....
- Pharmaceutical and fine chemical players are facing a common need these days -- cGMP...
- The Purac Group has begun construction of a lactic acid derivatives plant in Blair, ...
- Supply is up and increasing for lauric oils and prices continue to drop. However, th...
- DSM will become a polymers leader, while Veba focuses on olefins and aromatics.
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- Asserting that "Louisiana's air quality is improving," the state's Departm...
- European producers are evaluating the effectiveness of quality systems, ranging from...
- Polyethylene producers are in a ruminative mood in the wake of the fire and explosio...
- Hoechst has for formed an independent company to run its polyethylene activities whi...
- Low margins due to advancing feedstock costs continue to menace producers of unsatur...
- But Shell, still an antifreeze maker, may hold off on pricing.
Ethylene glycol in...
- As outsourcing evolves into more complex and strategic partnerships, companies are p...
- The Batch Chemical industry last week told a House subcommittee that it strongIy, su...
- Environmental groups continue to mount attacks on the chemical and refining industry...
- The Chlorobenzene market is getting a little smaller as two major producers lose out...
- Soda ash producers are beginning to see growing demand and expect increasing strengt...
- Creating shareholder value is the common call among corporate management and the inv...
- ChiRex Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Glaxo Wellcome's pharmaceutical...