ICIS - Search Articles by Date : February 16 2004 - February 22 2004

Total solutions
Katoen Natie SembCorp is making the most of its strategic location at a new terminal on Jurong Island. As well as providing essential storage and.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Single-minded vision
Singapore is aware of its key position in the global logistics industry and the need to support a high quality labour force in the region. One of the.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

A magnet for chemicals
Singapore’s Jurong Island is continuing to expand and expects to double the number of companies located there by 2010. The chemicals hub boasts many.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

A Middle-Eastern hub
Borouge is investing to meet growing demand in the packaging and pipe industries, with the expansion of its petrochemical complex in Ruwais, UAE, and.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Opportunity knocks
Two years ago KTSL took a risk and purchased the intellectual property rights to Klean Tank, to enter the global bulk liquid packaging market. As.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Dynea secures future funding
Dynea International has agreed waivers with its lenders to potential breaches of financial covenants in 2003 and changes to this year’s facilities,.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Hedge funds call for audit
Preference shareholders of German hair cosmetics producer Wella – mostly US hedge funds – have called for a special audit of Procter & Gamble’s.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

BP closes IPA site at Baglan
BP has exited the isopropyl alcohol (IPA) business globally through the closure of its production facility at Baglan Bay, south Wales, UK, and the.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

More jobs shed as DSM cuts costs
DSM foresees ‘some hundreds more’ job cuts on top of about 500 support services and manufacturing positions which are going at its Chemelot, Geleen,.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

US firm alone in Asia
US speciality chemical producer Crompton is planning to go it alone in Asia for the time being, rather than tie up with local companies more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Hydro considers full divestment
Norsk Hydro may sell its entire 20% stake in fertiliser business Hydro Agri when the company is floated on the Oslo stock exchange in March more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Industry group predicts upturn
Germany’s paints and coatings industry association, Verband der Lackindustrie (VdL), sees ‘a silver lining’ on the horizon for 2004, following a.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

PKN and Mol ‘not unhappy’ with Unipetrol
PKN Orlen and Mol have dismissed reports they are unhappy with available information in the due diligence processes at Unipetrol, the Czech.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Runway risks are too high
The debate over a proposed new Frankfurt airport runway crossing a Ticona poly-acetals plant at Kelsterbach heated up last week as the German.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Plans afoot to divest more
Hungary plans to sell a further share in Mol to domestic retail investors in the near future more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Business in brief
DuPont buys DuPont has acquired Czech polyvinyl butyral (PVB) safety glass interlayer company Retrim for an undisclosed sum. DuPont said.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Total trims closer to core
Total is following the path of Shell and BP by trimming back its chemicals portfolio to leave operations closer to the refinery/cracker interface more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Aventis board votes to reject Sanofi bid
Aventis’ supervisory board has recommended that its shareholders reject Sanofi-Synthélabo’s €46.2bn hostile takeover offer, launched on 18 February,.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Europe has to innovate to win
Europe’s future social wealth needs sustainable economic growth and consequently innovations that create competitive advantage more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

People on the move
Basilea Pharmaceutica Jutta Heim, the former head of Novartis lead discovery, has been made chief scientific officer at Basilea.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

20 years ago
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(20 February 2004 20:00)

Green lobby hits out
German environmental pressure group BUND and the self-appointed Bayer watchdog CBG have complained to the EU about North Rhine-Westphalia’s approval.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

SMEs face barriers for EMS
Member states must develop strategies to encourage small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) to implement environmental management systems (EMS), says.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

IPPC slated by EU parliament
The European parliament has criticised the EU’s integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) directive, saying it is weakened by the.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Environment in brief
Green guidelines The European Commission has published guidelines on monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions for plants involved in.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Pricing under fire
The recent Nexant ChemSystems’ annual conference provided a good opportunity to bring the European olefins pricing system into the spotlight once.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Access all areas?
Environmental regulation means a lot of data is available for public consumption. But, ask Eric Johnson and Russell Heinen, is the effort and money.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Information overload?
Today’s global markets call for better communication between supplier and customer and growing regulatory requirements mean there is increasing.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

BASF acquires site
BASF will buy the fipronil insecticide and other active ingredients production facilities at St Aubin les Elbeuf, France, from Rhone-Poulenc.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Swiss groups extend US ops
Swiss life sciences companies Roche and Novartis have extended their operations in the US with the conclusion of large acquisitions more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Bayer inks sequence deal
UK-based life sciences firm Amersham and Bayer’s diagnostics business have signed an exclusive worldwide agreement for joint development of assays.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Dow/Nobex deal full of pep
Dow Chemical and US drug development firm Nobex will collaborate on plant-based production of NLC-001 more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Fine chemicals in brief
Concrete deal Swiss construction chemicals and materials group Sika has acquired the concrete admixtures business of Norway’s Scancem.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

IMO strives to stop spread of organisms in ballast
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has adopted a new international convention to prevent the effects of the spread of harmful aquatic.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Logistics in brief
Holliday for e-hub Holliday Pigments, Humberside, UK-based manufacturer of ultramarine blue pigments, has joined Elemica, the chemicals.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Taking technology news to school kids
A science and technology website for children aged nine to 13 has been launched by the DuPont Center for Collaborative Research & Education and its.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Lorry toll plan ‘in disarray’
Plans to introduce motorway tolls for lorries in Germany are in disarray following the cancellation of the contract with Toll Collect, the consortium.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Fibres Monitor: DMT market set to tighten
Sellers are determined to pass on increases in feedstock costs as activity is now steady. MEG prices have continued to rise with Asian demand.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Phenol tight on feedstock shortages
Tightness prevails in the European phenol market as production and logistics issues lead to shortages in feedstocks more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Market Trends: Naphtha firms with Asian demand
Naphtha values were up to $308-312/tonne cif NWE on the back of Asian players returning from Chinese New Year celebrations and as certain European.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Polymers open up new markets
Thermoplastic polymer producers are increasingly utilising product innovation to tap into new markets and find fresh sources, says research by Frost.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Markets in brief
Chlorine output The west European chlorine industry finished 2003 on a high note. December’s production reached 824 000 tonne, 7.2% up.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

PE gives alpha-olefins a lift
A modest revival in US polyethylene markets has given some hope to beleaguered European alpha-olefin manufacturers more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

GTL barge plans progress
Spain’s Dragado Industrial has signed a memorandum of understanding with Syntroleum and US finance company TI Capital to progress Syntroleum’s.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

New projects in brief
BASF contract BASF has awarded Amec a three-year facilities management contract for its UK headquarters in Cheadle, Cheshire. Amec will.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Solvay shares H2O2 know-how
Solvay has licensed its high-yield hydrogen peroxide technology to Finnish Peroxide for a plant expansion in Kuusankoski, Finland more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Shell strategy for EO/EG unit
Shell Chemicals has revealed that it may build a new ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG) unit in Singapore to replace an EO/EG unit in.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Clariant secures advantage
Clariant has decided to increase its production of glyoxylic acid by 20% at its Lamotte site in the Picardie region of France more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Husky plans huge ethanol plant
Husky Energy has said that it will invest Can$90-95m (€54-57m/$68-72m) in building western Canada’s largest ethanol plant at its site in.... more
(20 February 2004 20:00)

Product Profile: LAB
Producers are all washed out as the sector struggles with too much capacity and not enough profits more
(20 February 2004 20:00)