ICIS Blogs : dow

The Morton Salt Girl Advert

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:33:19 GMT

Dow bought Rohm and Haas yesterday and immediately announced the sale of Morton Salt to Kali & Salz. Dow is to sell Morton Salt for $1.7bn which makes a dent in its immediate $4.3bn divestment target . Apparently the Morton Salt Girl is a very well...(read more)

The CEO's survival guide

Chemicals & The Economy — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:57:29 GMT

The past few weeks have not been good for the chemical industry, with 4 major companies suffering significant problems: BASF warned that "customer demand in key markets has declined significantly" since October, and have temporarily shutdown...(read more)

K-Dow, LyondellBasell, Akzo - big breaking news in last days of 2008

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:49:19 GMT

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Dow warns of need for "radical actions"

Chemicals & The Economy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:56:47 GMT

Andrew Liveris, Dow CEO, has consistently warned that we are facing a major recession. Today , in a Bloomberg interview, he spells out the need for "radical actions" to "take out capacity". He notes that Dow's volumes are down...(read more)

Decision time in Europe, N America

Chemicals & The Economy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:52:55 GMT

Many Asian companies have been cutting back petchem production in recent weeks. Now TOTAL have become the first to follow suit in Europe, with the announcement that they will shutdown the Carling No 2 cracker for a month from mid-November. These decisions...(read more)

A corny car

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:55:50 GMT

Sue, my colleague, found this picture of a corn built car on the Gas 2.0 blog in a post about Dow Chemical and Ford Motor Co and the future of fuels and motoring. Read More......(read more)

Chemical company salaries revealed

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:02:16 GMT

A new website which shows salaries for thousands of employees in leading companies, including major chemical firms, has been running for two months in the US, according to this article in TimesOnline today. Click on Glassdoor.com to see more than 50,000...(read more)