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(26 March 2004 17:05)

People on the move
Bayer   Matthias Zachert Matthias Zachert has been appointed chief financial officer (cfo) of Lanxess,.... more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

Jobs and People
Nicolas Barthelemy Nicolas Barthelemy has been appointed senior vice president of global operations at Invitrogen Corp. He will concentrate on.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

IFF Stock Melts on Butter Flavoring Concerns
Concerns about product liability drove shares of International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. (IFF) down after a jury in Missouri awarded a plant.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

IT in Brief
Odyssey Logistics Upgrades Odyssey Logistics & Technology, a provider of global and logistics services for process manufacturers, has.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Companies on the Move: Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals
Although much of the recent news in fine chemicals/custom manufacturing has centered around capacity rationalization or staff cutbacks, a.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Ethanol Tax Subsidy Extended
The House Ways and Means Com-mittee has approved by voice vote legislation to extend through 2010 a tax subsidy for ethanol that is designed to.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Ineos Phenol to Expand Plant
Ineos Phenol will expand its phenol/acetone plant in Antwerp, Belgium, to 640,000 tons per year by October 2006. Pre-engineering has already.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

BASF and Bayer Set Lofty Targets to Attract Investors
Most European chemical companies, even the largest ones, have been struggling in recent years to achieve a sufficient return on capital to.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Yara Shares Surge on Oslo Exchange
The share price of Yara Interna-tional, the world leader in fertilizers, jumped by over 25 percent last week on its first day of trading on the.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Ciba Reinforces Strategy
Ciba Specialty Chemicals underscored its goal of providing broad portfolios of both products and services by acquiring Raisio Chemicals paper.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Siltronic Postpones IPO
Siltronic AG, Wacker-Chemie’s silicon wafer subsidiary, delayed an initial public offering (IPO) of more than half its shares only two days.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Dystar Owners Closer to Divesting Business
Bayer, Aventis and BASF, the three partners that own DyStar, are thought to be close to finding a buyer for the global leader in textile dyes. .... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Akzo Nobel Considers 200 Megawatt Fuel Cell
Akzo Nobel and NedStack, a Dutch research company, are conducting a three-year feasibility study for a power plant based on fuel cells to provide.... more
(26 March 2004 18:15)

Teijin tackles tough tasks
TEIJIN Ltd’s effort to reshape its operations is gathering pace even as its group companies struggle to cope with high raw-material costs that have.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Styrene takes off…
… but tension between snug supplies and a weak downstream sector means that price direction is difficult to predict, writes Monica Bianchi ofTecnon.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Showa Denko mulls VAM
SHOWA Denko is mulling a new worldscale plant for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) in Japan more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Yuntianhua starts building formaldehyde…
YUNNAN Yuntianhua Co has started building a 100 000 tonne/year formaldehyde unit in Kunming, Yunnan, China more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Kicking into action
Supported by an economic recovery and an upturn in chemical markets, Japanese companies have successfully reduced debt and improved their balance.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

JCIA says Reach is a noble but unworkable idea
A noble but unworkable idea, just like the move to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol in the US in the 1920s more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Korea unlikely to freeze chem wage
A CALL by the Korea Employers’ Federation (KEF) for a wage freeze is likely to be ignored by most of the country’s chemical companies more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

New tech is ready
Lucite International is ready to launch its new technology for the production of methyl methacrylate more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

LG and Polyclad join forces on PCBs
LG Chem and Polyclad Laminates have agreed to form a strategic alliance under which the former will produce, market and sell the latter’s PCBs and.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Specialities roundup
BASF said it had cut the capacity of its maleic anhydride plant in Feluy, Belgium, by 20 000 tonne/year, to 115 000 tonne/year. The 15%.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

The challenge of coal
Florence Tan looks at why coal-based methanol plants are popular in China, and highlights the challenges that Chinese producers face more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Acetic acid makers push for Q2 price hike
Acetic acid producers were relying on tight supplies last week to push through a US$50/tonne increase in the Q2 contract price more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Boost for benzene, toluene
Strong support from the US market and crude oil pushed up Asian spot benzene and toluene prices by US$15-20/tonne last week more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Market trends: Toluene is on the up
Benzene spot prices climb by US$15/tonne on strong US markets, while styrene stays firm owing to brisk buying by traders more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Market trends: Ethylene on a slide
Propylene-buying sentiment remains weak, although some sellers expect prices to rebound soon. Meanwhile, naphtha and butadiene stay firm more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Global roundup
From stories supplied by the CNI and ACN teams more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Ethylene, propylene slump
ETHYLENE and propylene sellers were last week hoping that a fledgling recovery in Chinese polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) buying would.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Indian polymer producers face sales struggle
INDIAN polymer producers were struggling to boost March sales last week. March is the last month of their financial year and traditionally sees.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Kailian and LG form aromatics jv
QINGDAO Kailian (Group) Corp has entered into a joint venture with LG Aromatics for a worldscale benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX)-paraxylene (PX).... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Namhae, ABF in melamine talks
NAMHAE Chemicals is in talks with Asean Bintulu Fertiliser on a joint venture for its melamine-relocation project more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Nan Ya pushes back PET start-up
THE start-up for Nan Ya Plastic’s PET-polyester filament project in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, has been pushed back to early 2006 more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

SCAC delays start-up of integrated EDC and chlor-alkali joint venture
SHANGHAI Chlor-Alkali Chemical (SCAC) has pushed back the start-up of its integrated 280 000 tonne/year ethylene dichloride (EDC) and chlor-alkali.... more
(26 March 2004 14:31)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan - edition of 19 March Basic and Fine Chemicals JFE Steel will soon double its output capacity of.... more
(22 March 2004 06:44)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan: Edition of 23 March Basic and Fine Chemicals Mitsubishi Chemical and Itochu Corp said last week-end that.... more
(23 March 2004 03:01)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan: Edition of 23 March Basic and Fine Chemicals Central Glass has started final study on boosting its capacity of.... more
(24 March 2004 02:25)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan - Edition of 24 March Basic and Fine Chemicals Mitsui Chemicals is scheduled to build a production/marketing.... more
(25 March 2004 04:38)

Chem-wire Express Japan
Chem-wire Express Japan: Edition of 25 March Basic and Fine Chemicals Fuji Photo Film has succeeded in endowing a triacetate cellulose.... more
(26 March 2004 03:12)

Eastern Europe: Final countdown
With the doors closing soon on the binding offers for the state’s 63% stake in Unipetrol, bidders are making their last checks. The sale is likely to.... more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

New projects summary
Reported in ECN 1 - 14 March 2004 more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

Barges forced to reduce loads
Barges using the River Rhine have been forced to carry smaller loads as water levels dropped to their lowest level since January more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

Tanker collision releases spill
Two tankers collided in Nanjing port, Jiangsu Province, China, earlier this month, resulting in the release of around 80 tonne of cyclohexane into.... more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

DoJ revokes amnesty deal
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has withdrawn the amnesty from prosecution that it granted last year to Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG).... more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

Logistics in brief
Acrylic agreement Rohm and Haas has com­­pleted a bulk tanking agreement with procurement service provider Freight Traders for a.... more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

Eastern Europe: Beating the world
Figures from the IMF and EBRD show that eastern Europe and the CIS are outpacing world growth – for the third year running. John Baker reports more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

Eastern Europe: Plants and projects
ECN’s plant and project listing includes the major petrochemical producers in the central and east European countries, but excludes Russia and the.... more
(26 March 2004 17:05)

Campaign: Biodegradable block packing
Turning packaging waste into compost could be the next frontier for Italian biodegradable plastics specialist Novamont more
(26 March 2004 17:05)