Chemical Business Newsbase articles from December 2005

Chemical Business Newsbase archives from December 2005

IOC-IBP combine seeks location-wise freight subsidy from Government.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) The IOC-IBP combine has urged for payment of location-wise freight subsidy for the supplying petrol and diesel in remote areas from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas, Government of...

Ruhia Group plans revamp of Dunlop, Falcon Tyres boards.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) The Ruhia Group, which acquired Dunlop India ltd (74.5%) and Falcon Tyres Ltd (68%) plans to reorganize the board of both the companies in Feb 2006. Earlier, the Ruias had acquired...

IOC commissions fourth hydrocracker unit at Panipat refinery.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) Indian Oil Corp Ltd (IOC) has successfully commissioned the fourth hydrocracker unit at Panipat refinery having a production capacity of 1.7 M tonnes/y designed for 97% conversions of...

Gold output short of target during Nov and Apr-Nov 2005.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) Gold production in India decreased to 232.57 kgs from the targeted 258.69 kgs during Nov 2005. Hutti Gold Mines Ltd produced 204.945 kgs of Gold while Hindustan Copper Ltd produced 27 kgs...

Ticona. POM for medical technology segment.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Kunststoffe) German company Ticona inaugurated a new production facility at the site in Kelsterbach which manufactures POM for the medical technology segment. The new production line is able to produce...

DuPont with new distributor in the Baltic States.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Kunststoffe) DuPont Engineering Polymers selected Distrupol as the exclusive distributor for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Baltic States represent an important growth market for both DuPont and...

Lifocolor. New R&D centre.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Kunststoffe) German company Lifocolor Farben GmbH & Co KG in Lichtenfels recently inaugurated a new development centre at the headquarters. The project represents an investment of around EUR 1.2 M and...

Kraiburg TPE with double-digit growth rates.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Kunststoffe) German company Kraiburg TPE GmbH in Waldkraiburg manufactures 23,000 tonnes/y of thermoplastic elastomers based on SEBS with 225 employees at 3 facilities in Germany, the US and Asia. The...

Biop inaugurates new bioplastics factory.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Kunststoffe) German company Biop AG started operations in a new facility for the production of biodegradable plastics a the site in Schwarzheide. The facility manufactured around 100 tonnes of Biopar...

Hoffmann Mineral invests in contract manufacture.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Kunststoffe) German company Hoffmann Mineral GmbH & Co KG started operations in a new facility for the contract manufacture of powdered raw materials at the headquarters in Neuburg an der Donau. The...

BASF increases investment in research and development.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Kunststoffe) German BASF Group plans to increase its investment in research and development (R&D) to EUR 1.15 bn in coming years. The group plans to recruit an additional 180 scientists, around half of...

Global survey of R&D personnel in coatings. [2 figures].
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Job function was categorised by Coatings World Magazine's Fourth Annual R&D Salary Survey of laboratory workers in the coatings supply chain. Chemists represent 26.0%,...

New Dow silane coupling agent for improved dispersion of mineral fillers in EPDM rubbers and thermoplastic resins.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Dow Corning's new Z-6172 Silane, a Vinyl-tris-(2-methoxyethoxy) silane coupling agent, is said to impart enhanced dispersion of mineral fillers in EPDM rubbers and...

Employment in Dutch paint industry continues to fall. [1 figure].
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Employment in the Dutch paint industry in relation to production personnel recovered after stabilising in 2003 at about 5757 people. Total employment declined by 2.7% to...

Jetrion and SIRA technologies to develop thermochromic inkjet inks.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Jetrion and SIRA Technologies will develop inkjet inks for printing bar codes directly on labels for temperature-critical products. The thermochromic drop-on demand ink...

Sun Chemical introduces SolarCat UV-flexo ink.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Sun Chemical's new SolarCat cationic UV flexo ink provides improved efficiency with production speeds of up to 250 metres/minute and curing times twice as fast as other...

Nissan develops 'self-healing' automotive clearcoat.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) The Nissan Motor company, in collaboration with Nippon Paint, has come up with Scratch/Guard Coat, an automotive clearcoat that can self-repair scratches from fingernails,...

Tikkurila launches new UV-curing method for chairs.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Tikkurila's new UV-curing method is comprised of a waterborne Luminol UV-curing coating and a spray booth with a recovery system. It also features Uvitec, a new 3D...

Sapici introduces TDI-free polyurethane polymers.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Sapici, a coating resins firm, has enhanced its production technology to provide polyurethane polymers with free TDI monomer levels lowered to below 0.1%. Non-toxic...

Opinion fall-out from REACH.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Various opinions came out after the EU's REACH programme completes its first hurdle, its Parliamentary reading. German Paint Trade Federation (VdL) approved the...

Shepherd Japan to launch Dynamix easily dispersible pigment range.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Shepherd Japan will unveil Dynamix, an ultra-easy dispersible pigment line in spring of 2006. The organic pigment line is claimed to prevent re-aggregation and...

CCP consolidates alkyd and polyester resin operation.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP), based in Kansas City, MO, will revamp its American alkyd and polyester coatings resin business amid competition from other technologies...

ICI's National Starch opens industrial adhesives paint in Brazil.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) ICI's National Starch subsidiary inaugurated a new industrial adhesives facility in Brazil to satisfy domestic demand. The facility launches local provision of adhesives,...

Akzo Nobel to close surfactants site in Chicago.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Akzo Nobel will shut down its McCook facility probably by end of 2007. The facility is managed by its Surfactants business near Chicago. Production will be relocated to...

SWIN-Lacksysteme makes debut in German commercial vehicle coatings market.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Ludwig Schone's SWIN-Lacksysteme is a new line of coating for the commercial refinish market. The product is claimed to offer brilliant optical properties, superior...

Helios opens EUR 8.4 M production and storehouse centre.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Helios inaugurated a EUR 8.4 bn manufacturing and storehouse facility at Domzale under a EUR 20 M investment project in 2005. Sales are expected to rise by 36% in 2005....

Baril Coatings focuses on waterbased paints.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Baril Coatings will concentrate on waterborne coatings for anticorrosive and industrial uses. The company is launching a new waterbased coatings plant in Jan 2006. Included...

Washin to produce wood finishes in Vietnam.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Washin Chemical Industry, a specialist in furniture coatings, will launch a new manufacturing plant in Vietnam in early 2006. The new plant, located in Bien Hoa in Dong Nai...

Chemolak in resin production agreement with AOC Resins.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Chemolak has forged a five-year agreement with AOC Resins for the manufacture of resin at an estimated 3000 to 7000 tonnes. This may raise the company's turnover by SOK...

Jotun opens new paint factory in Indonesia.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Jotun inaugurated a new $11 M paint production facility in Kawasan Industri Cikarang Barat, Bekasi, outside Jakarta. Included among the company's products for the...

Sapici's new production plant in San Cipriano Po.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Sapici has completed a new facility in San Cipriano to increase the manufacturing capacity of its existing plant in Cernusco Sul Naviglio. The new facility was constructed...

Salchi wood coatings expands into Germany.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Salchi Wood Coatings, part of the ICA Group, has inaugurated a new distribution centre in Heek to increase its German export ratio to turnover ratio from the present 7% to...

BASF starts amino resin production in China.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) BASF has commenced amino resins production at the BASF Auxiliary Chemicals Co in Pudong, Shanghai. The resins have applications in stoving paints, acid-cured and physically...

Wacker opens new Technical Centre in Brazil.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Wacker has inaugurated a new Technical Centre in Jandira, Brazil to support its construction polymer and silicones business in South America. The centre is located at the...

BASF increases capacity for high-quality yellow pigments at the Ludwigshafen site.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) BASF has raised quinophthalone pigments capacity at its site in Ludwigshafen by 40% to 1400 tonnes/y. It markets Paliotol, high-grade yellow pigments with applications...

Sto reports nine-month results in 2005.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Sto AG, a global producer of external wall insulation systems, registered increased sales but a decline in net profits in the first nine months of 2005. Consolidated sales...

Cytec restructures speciality chemicals and moves to Brussels.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Cytec Industries Inc has merged Cytec Surface Specialties and Cytec Performance Specialties, its two speciality chemicals businesses. The new unit, named Cytec Specialty...

ICA to invest in Italian wood finishing business.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Industria Chemica Adriatica (ICA), a wood finishes specialist, will spend EUR 17.3 M in technological innovation and global expansion. The company projects a consolidated...

Nuplex buys PML Holdings.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Nuplex Industries Ltd will buy all the shares of PML Holdings Ltd, a group of chemical raw material suppliers under the name of Polychem Marketing in New Zealand and...

New distribution channel for traditional pigments.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) LinearSource, a new distribution channel for commonly used organic pigment, reported that it will officially operate in the USA starting Dec 2005. LinearSource serves the...

Quinn invests in new German MMA plant.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Quinn will spend EUR 150 M for the construction of a new methylmethacrylate (MMA) manufacturing facility at the chemical site in Leuna, near Leipzig, via its subsidiary...

Berlac buys ISL-Chemie from Lanxess.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Berlac AG has bought Kurten, Germany based ISL-Chemie for around EUR 20 M. ISL-Chemie is a subsidiary of the Lanxess business unit Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH. It...

Nippon Paint and Wilckens in marine paint cooperation.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Nippon Paint Marine Coatings (NPMC) and Wilckens Farben GmbH's marine paint division have executed a cooperation agreement, effective 1 Oct 2005. The deal involves the...

Rohm and Haas to close UK powder coatings plant.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings will integrate its production facilities in Europe into three sites and close its facility in Aldridge. Production will be relocated to its...

Sigma Kalon to buy D and M Coatings.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Sigma Kalon and Gilde Participaties have formed an agreement for the former to acquire Veenendaal based Doelfray and Macostan Coatings (D and M). D and M Coatings produces...

Hesse in partnership with Elite surface coatings in UK.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - European Paint and Resin News) Hesse-Lignal GmbH and Elite Surface Coatings have collaborated to unveil a new line of industrial lacquers and stains into the British market through a newly formed company...

FDA revokes approval for Pemolin products.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) The US Food and Drug Administration revoked the approval of Pemolin drugs which are used to treat attention deficit syndrome and hyperactivity due to a link with liver...

Novartis receives US approval for oral chelate former for iron elimination.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) Novartis received approval in the US for the world's first registration of Exjade (deferasirox), the first one-a-day iron chelate former. The drug is approved for the...

FDA approves nelarabin injection drug against lymphoblast leukaemia and lymphoma.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave fast-track approval for Arranon (nelarabin) in the US. The drug is a new treatment for adults and children with acute T-cell...

MedImmune expands production facilities.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) MedImmune announced the first phase of an expansion of its manufacturing plant in Frederick. The project represents a potential investment of $900 M and is expected to...

Pharmaceuticals expenditure by British NHS.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) The expenditure for pharmaceuticals by the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain rose slower than the remaining NHS expenditure since 1999 according to the latest...

France with highest expenditure for prescription pharmaceuticals in 2004.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) Expenditure for prescription pharmaceuticals in France amounted to EUR 30 bn in 2004, the highest rate in Europe. Around 90% of all visits to doctors result in a...

Urgo, Juva Sante and Esprit Bio seek acquisitions.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) The French family which used to own the pharmaceuticals company Fournier before it was sold to Belgian company Solvay, now consists of 3 independent companies: Urgo...

Ipsen enters the stock market.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) Ipsen is the third-largest pharmaceuticals manufacturer in France which is in family ownership. Ipsen Group is represented in 110 countries and employs around 4000 staff....

Company profiles. Haupt Pharma AG.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) A company profile is given for Haupt Pharma AG in Berlin (Germany), a contract manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. Advantages of contract manufacture for large pharmaceuticals...

US: high demand for cancer drugs.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) The US is the largest market worldwide for pharmaceuticals. Per capita consumption is the highest worldwide but cost-cutting measures are expected to slow the growth in...

Aventis launches the insulin glulisin in Great Britain.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) Aventis Pharma launched the fast-acting insulin analogue Apidra (glulisin) in Great Britain. The company claims that the effect of the drug is faster in patients with a...

Abbott launches erlotinib for non-smallcell lung cancer.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Die Pharmazeutische Industrie) Abbott launched the pharmaceutical Tarceva (erlotinib) in Great Britain, a new oral therapeutic for non-smallcell lung cancer. Erlotinib is an EGFR tyrosinekinase inhibitor...

Hike in energy prices leads to shortages and high prices for urea. Gas dispute is worsening the situation. Factories temporarily close production. Russia enters market from mid-Jan 2006.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Ernaehrungsdienst) German fertilizer manufacturers are observing the gas dispute between Russia and the Ukraine. If Russia stops the supply of natural gas this would affect European manufacturers of...

Monsantos Bt cotton approved in South Africa.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Outlook on Pest Management (Was: Pesticide Outlook)) The South African Department of Agriculture has issued an official permit allowing Bt cotton from Monsanto to be used by farmers in the country in...

Glyphosate exports from China.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Outlook on Pest Management (Was: Pesticide Outlook)) China is the largest producer and exporter of glyphosate, which accounts for up to 20% of global pesticide sales. China exports about 80% of the...

A green locust control for Australian farmers.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Outlook on Pest Management (Was: Pesticide Outlook)) The development is described of a new microbial insecticide for control of locusts in Australia. CSIRO Entomology scientists have developed strain of...

Managing power: BOC Energy Services.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business Newsbase - BOC World Magazine (Was: BOC Gases Newswire)) Increasing energy costs and deregulation of the market have led BOC to establish its own in-house energy expertise and buy electricity directly on the...

Dubai opens for business: BOC.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business Newsbase - BOC World Magazine (Was: BOC Gases Newswire)) BOC has expanded its global helium network with the opening of a new distribution centre in Dubai. 2From this location, BOC's first venture in the UAE, it...

Foam sweet foam: ISP to distribute Ecomate from Foam Supplies.
December 31, 2005... (From Chemical Business Newsbase - BOC World Magazine (Was: BOC Gases Newswire)) ISP has signed a deal with Foam Supplies Inc, US, for the exclusive distribution rights for Ecomate, an environmentally-friendly foam blowing agent. The...

APLI investing Ringgit 45 M to expand Vietnam plant.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - The Star (Malaysia)) Rubber glove producer, APL Industries Bhd (APLI) is investing Ringgit 45 M for setting up 12 more production lines at its plant in Vietnam. Presently, APLI operates 12 production...

NFU strikes a deal for bioethanol from beet.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Farmers Weekly) The UKs National Farmers Union has reached an agreement with British Sugar over the supply of sugar beet for bioethanol production, ensuring growers an outlet for surplus production. The...

Biodiesel fuels oilseed rape market. [1 figure].
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Farmers Weekly) Demand for diesel in Europe is growing rapidly, providing a healthy market for UK growers. In summer 2005 farmers in the UK harvested a record 1.9 M tonnes of oilseed rape. The same is...

Ethypharm to invest $3 M to upgrade plant.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) Ethypharm envisages investing $3 M in its Indian plant and R&D unit. Out of the total investment, $2 M will be utilised to upgrade its WHO GMP manufacturing unit at Ambernath near Mumbai...

Saneron sets up Indian arm for stem cell research.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) Saneron CCel Therapeutics Inc (Saneron) has established Saneron India, its Indian arm, to set up the stem cell centres in India. Saneron India will be located in Chennai and will operate...

MRP on drugs may include all taxes from Apr 2006.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Government of India, will issue a notification amending the Drug Price control Order (DPCO) in Apr 2006. According to DPCO, all the...

Finance Ministry to pen pharma fiscal sops story.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Business Line) The draft pharmaceutical policy has highlighted several health schemes, which recommends either imposing a 2% health cess or offering funds worth Rup 65 bn for implementing the schemes....

Shell and CNOOC finish construction of petrochemicals complex.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Het Financieele Dagblad) Royal Dutch Shell and its partner China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) have completed construction of the petrochemicals complex at Guangdong, China. Shell will now make...

Galapagos expands cooperation with Prolysis.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Het Financieele Dagblad) Galapagos and Prolysis, UK, are expanding their collaborative research into the identification of so-called dual enzyme inhibitors in relation to the problem of antibiotic...

Shell Deer Park considers $200 M expansion to produce additional gasoline, an Industrialinfo.com news alert.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Deer Park Refining Ltd Partnership (DPRLP) is evaluating a $200 M expansion for producing additional gasoline.

Galapagos and Prolysis extend research collaboration.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Galapagos NV and Prolysis Ltd announced an extension of the research collaboration started earlier 2005. BioFocus, the service division of Galapagos, is progressing a lead optimisation...

Genentech submits Biologics License Application for FDA review of Lucentis in wet age-related macular degeneration.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Genentech Inc has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of Lucentis (ranibizumab) in the treatment of neovascular wet...

FDA approves Astellas' Vaprisol for the treatment of Euvolemic Hyponatremia.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Astellas Pharma US Inc announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vapprisol (YM087, conivaptan hydrochloride injection), an arginine vasopressin (AVP) antagonist...

AstraZeneca submits sNDA for Seroquel for bipolar depression treatment.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) AstraZeneca has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to seek approval for a new indication for Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate)...

Par Pharmaceutical receives final approval to market Generic Cefzil for oral suspension.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated New Drug Application for cefprozil for oral suspension. Cefprozil...

Blue Earth Refineries Inc announces extension to the Odd-Lot repurchase programme.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Blue Earth Refineries Inc announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an extension to the odd-lot repurchase programme for its common shares to 30 Jan 2006. This offer is open to...

InSite Vision announces completion of debt financing; projects end of patient recruitment in early Jan 2006.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) InSite Vision Inc announced that the company has secured debt financing, with attached warrants, of $4 M with a commitment for an additional $2 M anticipated to close by 6 Jan 2006, to...

Cerus submits IND application for CRS-100 to FDA.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) Cerus Corp has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I safety trial for CRS-100, a Listeria-based...

CytoGenix announces results of influenza synDNA vaccine trial.
December 30, 2005... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Press Release) CytoGenix Inc announced the successful completion of a genetic immunisation animal trial using a synDNA vaccine against an H1N1 influenza strain. This study demonstrates that a synDNA...