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Chemical Profile: Butyl Rubber
DEMAND more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Polyurethanes face renewed cost pressure
MDI and TDI continue to enjoy robust demand after a banner year in 2004, but producers complain of low margins be-cause of the protracted run-up in.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Commodities Pricing
Petrochemicals Benzene 2.25 gal. Butadiene .45 lb. Ethylene .38 lb. Methanol (list) .95 gal. Orthoxylene .35 lb. .... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Chemical Commodities Monthly
Edited by Robert Brown more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Consumer specialties in brief
Chattem offers hamposyl more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Sabic lines up Yansab plant contractors
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) has signed two contracts as part of its Yansab complex in Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. Paris-based.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Haldor Topsoe signs two deals
Danish engineering firm Haldor Topsoe A/S has landed two contracts for production units in the inorganic chemicals market. more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Ferric chloride strong on water treatment
The market for ferric chloride continues to enjoy robust demand, but margins are under pressure from high freight and raw material costs. Producers.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Cephalon deal boosts its oncology pipeline
With its acquisition of San Diego, Calif.-based Salmedix Inc., Cephalon Inc. boosts its product portfolio in the oncology arena. The acquisition.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Life sciences in brief
ALCON Inc. was issued an approvable letter by the FDA for Retaane 15 mg (anecortave acetate suspension), an angiostatic cortisene for the treatment.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Peptisyntha ups solid-phase capacity
Optimistic manufacturers are gearing up for the healthy peptide market. Clay Boswell reports more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Lonza picks up pace in peptides
Lonza has kept relatively quiet since announcing, five years ago, that it had entered the large-scale contract manufacturing of therapeutic peptides,.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Specialty fats and oils giants to consolidate
Several years of squeezed vegetable oils and fats margins, due to severe competition, has led European fats and oils producers Aarhus United A/S of.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Bromine prices climb, pushed by demand
Albemarle Corp. announced at the end of last month that it was intending to increase the price of its elemental bromine by $500 per metric ton. To.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Pharma M&A cooling slightly in 2005
With the cost of bringing a new drug to market now pushing $900 million and the average time to launch stretched to 12 years, pharmaceutical.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Shasun inks deal with Alpharma
Chennai, India-based Shasun Chemicals & Drugs Ltd. continues to add to its roster of development and manufacturing alliances, last week signing a.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Late Spot Prices
Late Spot Prices more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Jobs and People
Stan Beisert more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Asia in brief
No LME futures trading for Chinese SOEs more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Wall Street slashes profit estimates
Analysts cut rosy forecasts for Dow, Lyondell, Nova, Westlake. Joseph Chang reports more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Symyx raises the bar in R&D
Symyx hopes to break the $100 million market in revenues in 2005 as the company expands its informatics and software platforms. Patricica Van Arnum.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

China: tax rate reform to take effect by 2007
China plans to implement a uniform income tax for all companies by 2007, accordingto Jia Kang, president of the Institute of Fiscal Science, a.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Tosoh evaluates chlorine, VCM and power expansions
Tosoh Corp. is evaluating the possibility of expanding its chlorine capacity in Japan by 150,000metric tons per year, Madoka Tashiro, the company’s.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Asbestos reform snagged by Libby
Asbestos litigation reform legislation approved by the Senate Judiciary Committeemay get snagged by a special provision to assist residents of Libby,.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Fertilizer security measures introduced
A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced legislation that would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish regulations.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

New Mexico cleanup is challenged
A coalition of industry groups has filed a brief with a US court of appeals in New Mexico defending the rights of companies cleaning up hazardous.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

I&I cleaning chemicals face increasing price pressures
Customer price sensitivity and industry consolidation are some of the major challenges facing chemical suppliers within the industrial and.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Lanxess’s bottom line shows improvement
After a strong increase in profits and sales during the first quarter, Lanxess projects increases in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

LME off to slow start in polyolefins trading
Business on the polyolefinsfutures market at the LondonMetal Exchange (LME) has started slowly after the LME began offering its first contracts at.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Repsol unveils plan
Repsol YPF, one of the largest petrochemicals producers in southern Europe, plans to expand its chemicals operation during the next five years. more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Engelhard set to acquire Chinese syngas catalysts
Citing increased global demand for cleaner fuels, Engelhard Corp. has acquired, for an undisclosed price, the synthesis gas (syngas) catalysts.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

M&G will build plant in Brazil
The M&G Group’s board has approved the construction of a 750,000 ton-per-year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in the state of Pernambuco,.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

News Watch in brief
Qiagen buys artus more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

OM Group names Scaminace CEO and president
The board of directors of OM Group Inc. has named Joseph M. Scaminace as the company’s president and CEO. Scaminace, who will also join the company’s.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Degussa to build plant for isophorone capacity
Degussa AG is building a new production unit for isophorone and its derivatives at its complex in Herne, Germany. The new plant, which involves an.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Natural gas supplies need boost
The chemical industry is voicing support for energy legis-lation approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, but a top official.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Oils giant in the making
Restructuring and consolidation within the European fats and oils industry gathered steam with the planned merger of Aarhus United A/S of Denmark and.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Company news watch
Albemarle boosts mineral flame retardants more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Georgia Gulf cuts 2Q forecast
Faced with an unplanned chloralkali outage and plummeting aromatics prices, Georgia Gulf Corp. has slashed its second-quarter forecast, to 50 cents.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Honeywell sells US wax operations
Honeywell International’s specialty materials business has sold, for an undisclosed sum, its US industrial wax operations to the International Group.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Lanxess ups maleic anhydride capacity
In response to growing demand, especially in the housing and construction industries, Lanxess Corp. is boosting its maleic anhydride capacity at its.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Mylan drug gains FDA ‘approvable’
Shares of Mylan Laboratories Inc. were lifted almost 5 percent last week after the company received an approvable letter from the Food and Drug.... more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

News Watch in brief
Borden, Resolution merge into Hexion more
(03 June 2005 16:50)

Tosoh faces up to its newest challenges
THE BIG question that confronts Tosoh Corp today is: how can it cope with the challenges of high naphtha costs, rising freight rates and a strong.... more
(31 May 2005 14:18)