ICIS - Search Articles by Date : January 19 2004 - January 25 2004

NPC embarks on maritime jv
Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), the marketing subsidiary of Iran’s National Petrochemical Comp­any (NPC), has formed a joint venture shipping.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Minister launches UK eLearning portal
An ‘eLearning’ service for the chemicals, oil and gas and petroleum industries in the UK was launched last week by UK energy minister Stephen Timms more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

US Oleochemicals Look for Recovery in 2004
With margins continuously being eaten by energy and raw material costs, the oleochemicals sector hopes for a turnaround this year. Producers have more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Ethylene Glycol Poised for Highest Pricing in 15 Years
Stable demand, sold-out supplies and a number of outages around the world have sent ethylene glycol (EG) prices soaring. With no significant new more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Petro In Brief
BTX After soaring as high as $1.95 per gallon at the beginning of the month, spot benzene has come off to roughly $1.85 per gallon. Toluene prices more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Pfizer Sells Diagnostic Testing Unit for $575MM
As part of its move to divest noncore assets, Pfizer Inc. has agreed to sell its in-vitro allergy and autoimmune diagnostic testing unit for $575 more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Gelatin Remains Steady Despite Recent Reports of BSE in the US
The first reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the US do not appear to be having a major effect on the US gelatin market. more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Abbott Posts Strong 4Q Earnings
With its manufacturing albatross largely lifted and its product portfolio growing steadily, Abbott Laboratories appears to be back on its feet. The more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Pharmaceuticals in Brief
XANTHAN GUM Doesen Corp. Ltd., the leading producer of xanthan gum in China, has started producing xanthan gum for US markets using isopropyl more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Business Process Outsourcing: Will Chemical Companies Go Offshore?
Developing offshore strategies is one of the hottest topics in business. A quick scan of the latest business headlines gives the impression that more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

E-Commerce Trends in the Chemical Industry Are Positive
Sales by e-commerce in the US chemical industry amounted to 5.1 percent of US chemical sales in 2002, and this figure is expected to increase to 35 more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Flat Panel Display Market on the Rise
Flat panel displays (FPDs) represent a high-growth segment in the electronics market, with certain chemical companies already beginning to reap the more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Specialties In Brief
COOK Composites and Polymers will increase prices for unsaturated polyester resin products, gel coat products and ancillary items by 4c. per pound more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Consumer Specialties Corner
Kimberly Clark Reorganizes Kimberly Clark Corp. will combine its North American and European personal care products and tissue units as part of more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Business In Brief
Kerr-McGee Shifts TiO2 Units Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC has started up a new high-productivity oxidation line at its chloride process titanium more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

Jobs and People
William T. CainWilliam T. Cain has been promoted to vice president of SST Corp. Mr. Cain leads marketing for SST's custom synthesis business. He more
(23 January 2004 18:45)

PVC hits target price in 24 hrs
MAJOR Asian producers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) achieved their price targets for their February contract shipments within 24 hours of starting.... more
(19 January 2004 15:11)

S Korean petchems face rosy future
SOUTH Korean petrochemical producers, especially those that own crackers, can expect much better earnings in 2004 than they did last year more
(19 January 2004 15:12)

Fingers crossed for recovery
If the buoyant economic conditions seen in the US, China and India continue, then the industry can afford to be optimistic for 2004. Spot prices for.... more
(20 January 2004 17:46)

Shenyang plans CPP unit
SHENYANG Paraffin Wax Chemical plans to produce ethylene and propylene through the catalytic pyrolysis process (CPP) more
(19 January 2004 15:10)

Changzhou and Zimmer in PET jv
CHANGZHOU Plastics Group and Zimmer have formed a joint-venture company for the former’s integrated polyester granulate and polyethylene.... more
(19 January 2004 15:13)

Market Trends: Aromatics buoyant
Tight supply and rising crude drive up benzene and toluene with higher PTA also a factor behind stronger PX. However, styrene softens on trader.... more
(20 January 2004 17:39)

Market Trends: Naphtha hits $380
Naphtha continues to climb, returning to levels not seen since early 2003. Ethylene and propylene also move up, on rising feedstock and polymer prices more
(20 January 2004 17:15)

Reliance hit by tariff change
INDIA's decision to lower its customs tariffs from 9 January will see cheaper chemical imports, but Reliance Industries is not likely to be cheering more
(20 January 2004 16:43)

New projects summary
As reported in ACN 12-18 January 2004 more
(20 January 2004 17:58)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan: Edition of 16 January Basic and Fine Chemicals Singapore ’s capital spending in 2003 is likely to have reached.... more
(19 January 2004 03:36)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan: Edition of 19 January Basic and Fine Chemicals Toray Industries will expand its global operations for nylon 66.... more
(20 January 2004 02:42)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan - Edition of 20 January Basic and Fine Chemicals Mitsubishi Chemical is aiming to commercialize new.... more
(21 January 2004 23:41)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan - Edition of 21 January Basic and Fine Chemicals Harima Chemicals is planning to produce 50 tonne/year and 100.... more
(22 January 2004 03:11)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan: Edition of 22 January Basic and Fine Chemicals Nippon Paint has developed a water-borne car coating, which.... more
(23 January 2004 04:15)

Jail looms for Odfjell chief
Odfjell chief executive Bjorn Sjaastad is expected to hand himself over to the US Department of Justice next week to begin his four-month term.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

UK FTA endorses charges
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said that the proposed introduction of lorry road user charging in the UK, currently planned for.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Logistics in brief
Coatings extended India’s white minerals producer 20 Microns has appointed Chance & Hunt to market and distribute china clay, talc,.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Going into new territory
Shell is bravely going where no multinational oil and chemical company has gone before more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

20 years ago
ECN 30 January 1984 more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

People on the move
Bayer CropScience Friedrich Berschauer has been named new chief executive officer of Bayer CropScience following the retirement of Jochen.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

GM rules fail to stop debate
The German cabinet’s draft legislation on the release of GM crops has done nothing to quiet the country’s raging debate over genetics in agriculture more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Emissions cut is applauded
Austrian melamine producer Agrolinz Melamine International (AMI) has been dubbed a ‘climate rescuer’ by the federal province of Upper Austria for its.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Reach held up by parliamentary clash
A vote in the European Parliament on the Reach (registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals) proposals seems unlikely before the autumn more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

CIA sales data open to public via Internet
Chemical producers have agreed to publish details of all the chemicals they sell on the UK market on the Internet more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

UK commits to tougher CO2 emissions target
UK industry has reacted strongly to the lead taken by the UK government in its draft National Allocation Plan, which sets out how greenhouse gas.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Are you being served?
Is there a simmering cauldron of discontent with chemicals trade groups, bubbling away and waiting to boil over in Europe as it has across the.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Serious business
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is forcing its way up the agenda and becoming increasingly important to the chemical industry’s reputation. ECN.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

DSM collaborates on R&D
DSM Pharma Chemicals and Diversa are to collaborate on the discovery and development of biocatalytic solutions, designed to simplify and lower the.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Innovation key to success
There is still a need for significant restructuring in the fine chemicals sector, warned Peter Nagler, president of Degussa’s exclusive synthesis and.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Solutia PSD invests in high potency APIs
Solutia Pharmaceutical Services division (Solutia PSD) has opened two buildings at its Amcis facility in Bubendorf, Switzerland, and transferred its.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

US Tetrionics grows unit in Wisconsin
US-based custom chemical manufacturer Tetrionics has approved plans for a major expansion, more than doubling capacity at its 23 500ft 2 .... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Fine chemicals in brief
Pharma expansion Clariant is to expand its services to pharmaceutical companies by adding microfluidisation capability so that it can.... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

Ethylene hit by outages
Production problems at a number of European crackers have seen ethylene spot prices rocket in recent weeks more
(23 January 2004 17:38)

BPA values rise on back of high feedstock costs
Unexpected higher feedstock costs, a weak dollar and changes to upstream contracts are all factors affecting European quarter one bis­phenol A (BPA).... more
(23 January 2004 17:38)