ICIS - Search Articles by Date : May 13 2002 - May 19 2002

Raisio sells Trois-Rivieres unit
Raisio is to refocus on marketing rather than production of some speciality polymers. more
(13 May 2002 12:03)

Kemira keen to lose agro unit
Finland's Kemira has reaffirmed its determination to sell off its fertiliser unit, after announcing the business suffered an even weaker first.... more
(13 May 2002 12:03)

ACC Urges Senate to Ratify POPs Treaty
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) urged the Senate last week to ratify an international treaty phasing out a dozen highly toxic chemicals and more
(17 May 2002 20:37)

BASF Boosts Citral Capacity
BASF plans to quadruple its capacity for citral as a building block for the production of vitamins A and E, carotenoids and an expanded range of more
(17 May 2002 22:36)

Bayer Expands TDA Capacity
As part of an effort to build more cost-effective production sites for its polyurethanes business, Bayer AG will expand its capacity of toluene more
(17 May 2002 23:10)

Business In Brief
Avecia Completes DNA Unit Expansion Avecia Biotechnology has completed a $5 million treble expansion of its DNA medicines production facility at more
(17 May 2002 22:06)

Breaking News Roundup
Entec Buys BASF Styrenics License BASF Corp.'s styrenics business has licensed Maitland, Fla.-based Entec Engineered Resins to manufacture the more
(17 May 2002 23:24)

Carbon Black Shows Signs of Life After Poor 2001
The carbon black industry faced a rough year in 2001, but the market has come back strongly thus far in 2002. The industry still faces tight more
(17 May 2002 23:55)

Degussa Reports Slight Improvements
Degussa expects to achieve only a slight increase in sales and earnings this year after a second-half global economic recovery driven by the US. more
(17 May 2002 22:03)

DSM Reaches First Milestone on the Way to Meeting 2005 Plans
By selling its petrochemicals division in March for  2.25 billion ($2.05 billion) to Saudi Arabian Basic Industry Corp., DSM successfully completed more
(17 May 2002 23:44)

Legislation to Conduct Research On Endocrine Disruption Introduced
Legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would authorize the National Insti-tute of Environmental Health Science more
(17 May 2002 22:02)

Enka Shuttering Viscose Yarn Production
Enka, Europe's market leader in viscose filament, plans to close 40 percent of its viscose yarn capacity because of decreased demand. The more
(17 May 2002 21:19)

Chemical Companies Prepare to Rise From the Ashes of Chapter 11
Penn Specialty and Sterling Chemicals file to emerge from bankruptcy. Joseph Chang reports. more
(17 May 2002 23:33)

Strong Chlorine Demand Drives Chloralkali Market
Chloralkali has seen considerable improvement during the second quarter as demand increases in key consumption markets and supplies tighten, more
(17 May 2002 23:39)

Inorganics In Brief
CAUSTIC SODA Occidental Chemical Corp. has implemented a price increase on caustic soda of $50 per dry short ton, and C$85 per metric ton in more
(17 May 2002 21:17)

Europe in Brief
BORSODCHEM plans to increase its annual capacity for vinyl chloride to 250,000 metric tons, up from 185,000 metric tons, by the second quarter more
(17 May 2002 21:16)

Genentech, OSI Pharmaceuticals Target Approval for Tarceva
Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. saw their stocks climb last week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded fast-track review more
(17 May 2002 20:31)

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Watch
AMGEN Inc. reports the existence in the US of a counterfeit drug product labeled as Epogen (epoetin alfa) 40,000 U/ml vials in 10-pack boxes, lot more
(17 May 2002 21:15)

Europe Hopes to Stop Pharma Research Exodus to the US
Europe is forming a united front to prevent European drug companies from transferring a growing proportion of their activities to the US. The more
(17 May 2002 20:28)

News In Brief
Shell Chemicals' Deer Park, Tex., Fire Following a fire at Shell Chemicals' Deer Park, Tex., complex, the company says its olefins unit number more
(17 May 2002 22:40)

Plastics In Brief
BASELL Australia (Holdings) Pty. Ltd. has signed a letter of intent to sell the shares of Shorko Australia Pty. Ltd., its wholly more
(17 May 2002 21:14)

IT In Brief
Rohm and Haas, AspenTech Link Rohm and Haas Company has signed a service agreement for the deployment of Aspen Technology Inc.'s production more
(17 May 2002 21:11)

Pharmaceuticals In Brief
AVENTIS SA says it plans to fold Aventis and Aventis Pharma into a single management structure. Aventis will form a strategy committee on its more
(17 May 2002 21:09)

Jobs and People
Tom Archibald Tom Archibald joins Rhodia ChiRex Inc. as vice president of research and technology. Mr. Archibald has overall responsibility for more
(17 May 2002 21:08)

Impact of Farm Bill Seen As Minimal for US Oilseeds
The US oilseed market does not expect any near-term major impact following the new farm legislation signed by President George W. Bush last week. more
(17 May 2002 20:26)

Oils, Fats & Waxes In Brief
FATTY ACIDS Uniqema will increase prices for all grades of oleic acids by 5c. per pound and all grades of stearic and distillates by 3c. per pound, more
(17 May 2002 21:06)

Chlorinated Solvents Faced With Upward Pricing Pressure
Increasing global demand, rising European prices and soaring feedstock costs have contributed to a boost in chlorinated solvents pricing in North more
(17 May 2002 20:25)

Petrochemicals In Brief
BTX The fire at Shell's Deer Park, Tex., chemical facility gave benzene prices an upward push to as high as $1.37 per gallon. Two producers more
(17 May 2002 21:06)

European Petrochemical Margins Are Edging Up
Petrochemical margins in Europe are stronger in the second quarter, mainly because of lower feedstock costs, according to Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer, more
(17 May 2002 23:28)

Next Challenge for Transgenics: Drawing Diamonds From the Rough
With herds of transgenic animals producing therapeutic proteins in their milk, and fields of transgenic crops gathering them for harvest, the dream more
(17 May 2002 23:58)

Global Best Practices: Manufacturing Excellence: More Than Just Cost-Cutting
In many cases senior leadership has yet to define a global, integrated view of its manufacturing activities. What's more, they are even further more
(17 May 2002 23:53)

Specialties In Brief
DYSTAR One of the global leaders in the supplying of textile dyes, the Frankfurt, Germany-based DyStar reports its sales in fiscal 2001 increased more
(17 May 2002 20:44)

New Products and New Associations Introduced at CSPA Meeting
The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) recently held its midyear meeting and trade show, Tradeworx, at the downtown Marriott Hotel in more
(17 May 2002 20:20)

Specialties Pricing
AIR PRODUCTS and Chemicals Inc. will increase the price for all methylamines sold in North America by 3c. per pound effective June 17. These more
(17 May 2002 20:43)

IC Gets Green Light to Build RailTo ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge Plant
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) last week approved a petition authorizing Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) to cross Kansas Southern more
(17 May 2002 20:42)

Management in Brief
Air Products Appoints KPMG Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has appointed KPMG LLP as the company's independent auditor for the fiscal year more
(17 May 2002 21:13)

Tessenderlo Streamlines
Tessenderlo Group proposes to cut 300 jobs or 18 percent of its employees at its adjacent sites at Tessenderlo and Ham in Belgium. The more
(17 May 2002 20:39)

Fast-Track Trade Authority Faces Uncertain Future
Industry-backed trade legislation faces an uncertain future after the Senate last week ignored a White House veto threat and refused to give more
(17 May 2002 20:19)

IOC/ONGC/Gail in consortium talks
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and the Gas Authority of India Ltd (Gail) are in talks to form a 40:30:30 consortium for.... more
(17 May 2002 13:15)

Global roundup
Concerns about tension in the Middle East and between nuclear powers India and Pakistan dampened hopes of an early rebound in the global economy.... more
(17 May 2002 14:29)

PS prices plunge US$200-250/tonne
ASIAN PS prices for May had plunged last week by US$200-250/tonne from April because of volatile styrene feedstock costs. more
(17 May 2002 15:25)

New unit at Hubei
Dongfang Fertiliser has started constructing a fertiliser project in the Nanhu Agrochemical Park in Wuhan, Hubei, China. more
(17 May 2002 13:11)

Petchem projects for new Vietnam park
The Industrial Park Authority (IPA) of Vietnam plans to designate Dung Quat in central Vietnam as a free trade zone. more
(17 May 2002 13:09)

Kujang 1B project delayed yet again
The start of construction work on the long-delayed Pupuk Kujang 330 000 tonne/year ammonia and 570 000 tonne/year urea project (Kujang 1B) has been.... more
(17 May 2002 15:27)

Welcome to the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference 2002
On behalf of the steering committee of the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC), the Korea Petrochemical Indsutry Association and all my.... more
(17 May 2002 12:41)

Opportunities & challenges
What opportunities do you think are availabel for Asian petrochemical producers in 2002-03, especially as economic recovery is still uncertain more
(17 May 2002 12:40)

Keeping up the pace
China's petrochemical industry appears well-placed given the country's strong economic growth. more
(17 May 2002 10:23)

It takes two to tango
South Korea's petrochemical producers are quite happy to dance with each other, but getting married is another issue more
(17 May 2002 10:26)

Slow motion
Restructuring of the Indian petrochemical industry has been moving at snail's pace. more
(17 May 2002 10:30)

If only...
...the outlook was this bright. But Southeast Asia's numerous problems make some countries in the region weak petrochemical investment locations more
(17 May 2002 10:33)