Chemical Week articles from November 2007

Chemical Week archives from November 2007

All eyes on GPCA forum.(viewpoint)(Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association)
November 28, 2007... Industry attention turns to Dubai next week as petrochemical players from around the globe gather for the second annual Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association's (GPCA) Forum. The center of gravity in petrochemicals is shifting toward the...

Court approves Solutia's bankruptcy plan.(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Solutia says a federal court has approved its reorganization plan, paving the way for the company to emerge from bankruptcy by early next year. Solutia filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003, saying it...

European authorities may rescind some biotech corn approvals.(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has indicated to industry groups that he will recommend rescinding European Union commercial cultivation approvals for two types of genetically modified (GM) Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn...

SGL acquires full ownership of U.S. carbon fiber JV.(SGL Group acquires Aldila)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany) says it has agreed to acquire the 50% stake it did not already own in Carbon Fiber Technology (CFT; Evanston, WY) from joint venture partner Aldila (Poway, CA) for 13 million [euro] ($19.2 million). CFT operates...

Lyondell shareholders approve Basell merger.(Lyondell Chemical Co. acquires Basell)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Lyondell Chemical says its shareholders approved the proposed $12.7-billion acquisition of the company by Basell. The deal, which has already received regulatory approval, is expected to be completed by year end. Upon completion, Basell and...

Basell to buy Solvay's polypropylene compounding business.(BASELL C.V. acquires Solvay S.A.)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Basell says it has signed an agreement to purchase Solvay's polypropylene compounds business for an undisclosed price. The deal is expected to close in early 2008 pending regulatory approval. The business has operations in Mansfield and Grand...

Air Products boosts NF3 capacity.(Air Products and Chemicals Inc.)(nitrogen trifluoride)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Air Products says it has boosted capacity of nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) at Hometown, PA by 11%, to 1,000 m.t./year. Air Products also has a previously announced 500 m.t./ year NF3 plant due onstream in the first quarter of 2008, and plans to...

Indian firm buys U.S. soda ash maker.(Nirma acquires Searles Valley Minerals )(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Nirma (Gujarat, India) says it will acquire soda ash producer Searles Valley Minerals (Overland Park, KS) from Sun Capital Partners. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will add 1.9 million tons/year of soda ash capacity at Searles...

Olin completes sale of metals.(Olin acquires Global Brass and Copper)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Olin says it has completed the sale of its metals business to Global Brass and Copper, an affiliate of private equity fund manager KPS Capital Partners (New York), for approximately $380 million (CW, Oct. 24, p. 10). The sale includes Olin...

DuPont, Honeywell refrigerant pact.(E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... EPA, together with refrigerant producers DuPont and Honeywell, manufacturers of refrigeration equipment, and several major supermarkets, has launched a new program, dubbed GreenChill, to promote the phaseout of ozone-depleting refrigerants in...

Australia's new prime minister to sign Kyoto protocol.(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Kevin Rudd, Australia's newly elected prime minister and the country's Labor Party leader, says that one of his first acts as head of the Australian government will be to sign the country up to the United Nations' (UN) Kyoto Protocol on...

Bidding for Rutgers may be above 300 million [euro].(Evonik Industries)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Bids from companies competing to acquire tar chemicals producer Rutgers from Evonik Industries have risen above 300 million [euro] ($438 million), according to a recent report in Financial Times Deutschland, citing financial and industry...

Ineos Fluor buys U.K. fluorspar miner.(Glebe Mines )(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Ineos Fluor (Runcorn, U.K.), an Ineos subsidiary, says it has acquired Glebe Mines (Stoney Middleton, U.K.), a miner of fluorspar. Ineos Fluor was one of Glebe Mines' fluorspar customers prior to the deal, and uses the product as a key raw...

Many small companies may be unaware of reach requirements.(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Consulting and research services firm Kline (Little Falls, NJ) says in a new report that "many" small and medium-sized companies exporting products containing chemicals to the European Union (EU) are still largely unaware of the EU's...

Higher sales and prices lift Evonik's earnings.(Evonik Industries revenue report)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Evonik Industries' chemical operations reported an increase in profits for the first nine months, helped by higher volumes and selling prices. Evonik's technology specialties business reported Ebit up 23%, to 365 million [euro] ($538...

Clariant and Rhodia raise prices ...(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Clariant and Rhodia have announced separately that they have raised global selling prices for all of their products, effective immediately, to offset rising energy, raw material, and transportation costs. Clariant increased its prices by...

... Clariant to exit Frankfurt.(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Clariant says it will close its dichlorobenzidine (DCB) plant at Frankfurt-Griesheim, Germany in 2008 because of increased competition from China and India. The plant is Clariant's only remaining manufacturing facility at the site. The...

Koppers establishes China tar jv.(Koppers Holdings joint venture with Kailuan Clean Coal Co. )
November 28, 2007... Koppers Holdings (Pittsburgh, PA) says it has formally established a previously announced tar distillation joint venture in China with Kailuan Clean Coal Co. (Tangshan, China), The jv, Tangshan Koppers Kailuan Carbon Chemical, will build and...

Sasol to cut paraffin production.(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Sasol says it has closed a part of its normal paraffin (n-paraffin) production at Augusta, Italy for an indefinite period to streamline operating costs. Sasol says it has shut down 220,000 m.t./year of n-paraffin at Augusta. Sasol says it...

Dwory changes its name to Synthos.(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Dwory (Oswiecim, Poland) says it has changed its name to Synthos following the recent acquisition of Kaucuk (Kralupy, Czech Republic) (CW, Aug. 2, 2006, p. 15). Kaucuk makes butadiene, styrene, styrenic polymers, and rubber.

Gazprom and Dow firm up petchem jv plans; Sibur joins.(top of the week)
November 28, 2007... Gazprom (Moscow) and Dow Chemical have firmed up their previously announced joint venture negotiations by signing a "memorandum of intent in the sphere of hydrocarbons processing." Sibur (Moscow), a Gazprom affiliate that is Russia's biggest...

States sue to overturn EPA's changes to TRI.(top of the week)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Toxics Release Inventory)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... New York and 11 other U.S. states have sued EPA for changes it made last year to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). New York state attorney general Andrew Cuomo (D.) says the suit seeks to restore the public's right to information on...

Rohm and Haas warns on earnings but sees 2008 rebound.(UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)(revenue report)(Financial report)
November 28, 2007... Rohm and Haas (R&H) says it expects to post fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations of 75 cts-80 cts/share, 7%-10% below current average analyst estimates of 86 cts/share. The company reported earnings of 76 cts/share in the...

Distribution industry comes to a crossroads.(UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)
November 28, 2007... Private equity firms have conducted about 80% of the M&A in distribution in the last year and that has already begun to influence the way distributors do business, including their approach to buying and selling chemicals, says Marc Fermont,...

Schulman CEO to retire, company considers sale.(UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)(Terry L. Haines)
November 28, 2007... Schulman says that Terry L. Haines, its chairman, president, and CEO, will retire from the company by March 1, 2008. Schulman has also agreed to form a board committee to decide the company's future, including "without limitation, a strategic...

Investor group proposes $2.70/share buyout of Rentech.(business & finance news)(Sherwood Investments Overseas acquires Rentech )(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Sherwood Investments Overseas (Orlando) has offered to buy out Rentech (Los Angeles), a synthetic fuels technology provider and fertilizer producer, for $2.70/share. Sherwood is currently a minority shareholder, with a 2.86% stake in the...

Hanwha acquires Sabic-PPG joint venture.(business & finance news)
November 28, 2007... Hanwha Chemical (Seoul) has acquired Azdel (Lynchburg, VA), a 50-50 joint venture of Sabic Innovative Plastics and PPG Industries. Terms were not disclosed. Azdel manufactures high-performance thermoplastic composites for automotive and...

Petrobras details petchem investment plan.(UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)
November 28, 2007... Brazilian oil company Petrobras's $112-billion investment plan for 2008-12 includes $4.3 billion, or about 4%, for petrochemicals, says Paulo Turazzi de Carvalho, manager/petrochemical project implementation at Petrobras. Turazzi de Carvalho...

Bayer makes major investment in R&D to curb climate change.(EUROPE/MIDEAST)(research and development)
November 28, 2007... Bayer says it will spend 1 billion [euro] ($1.48 billion) on R&D projects between 2008 and 2010 that are directed toward reducing global warming. The investment is part of a wider initiative, dubbed the Bayer Climate Program, designed to...

Akzo to sell U.K. paint assets to secure ICI deal.(business & finance news)(Akzo Nobel N.V.)(Imperial Chemical Industries PLC)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Akzo Nobel says it plans to divest most of its decorative paints business in the U.K. and Ireland to secure European Commission approval for the company's planned 8.1-billion [pounds sterling] ($16.7 billion) acquisition of ICI. The...

Credit crunch hits major chemical deals.(business & finance news)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... The global credit crunch that emerged in August has slowed down chemical transactions for target companies valued at more than 500 million [euro] ($740 million), Rod Cantrill and Matthew Taylor, partners of M&A advisers Millington Advisory...

U.S. firms to study China coal-to-methanol venture.(ASIA/PAFICIC)(Synthesis Energy Systems )
November 28, 2007... Synthesis Energy Systems (SES; Houston), an energy and technology company, says it plans to build a coal-to-methanol plant in China in a joint venture with an undisclosed U.S.-based multinational chemical company. A project development...

Korean refiner plans aromatics complex.(business & finance news)(S-Oil Corp.)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... S-Oil Corp. (Seoul) says it will invest about $1.5 billion to build a second aromatics complex at the company s Onsan, Korea refinery. The complex will produce 900,000 m.t./year of para-xylene and 280,000 m.t./year of benzene. Construction is...

Canadian firm plans coated urea jv in China.(business & finance news)(Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. joint venture with Anhui Linquan Industry Chemical Co.)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Fertilizer company Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. (Toronto) says it has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Anhui Linquan Industry Chemical Co. (Linquan, China) to build a sulfur-coated urea (SCU) plant at Fuyang, China. Construction of the plant will...

Dow and Siam Cement build LLDPE plant.(new construction projects)
November 28, 2007... Siam Cement says it has agreed with Dow Chemical to build a $315-million linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant at Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The plant will produce 350,000 m.t./year of LLDPE starting in the first half of 2010. It will be...

BASF expands oxo-alcohols and plasticizer capacity.(new construction projects)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... BASF says it will increase higher oxo-alcohols capacity at Ludwigshafen by 80,000 m.t./year, to 390,000 m.t./year. The extra capacity will be used mainly in plasticizer manufacture. BASF plans to raise plasticizers capacity by 40,000...

SK bags Thai PP plant contract.(new construction projects)(SK Engineering contract with Thai Polypropylene )(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... SK Engineering (Seoul) says it has won a $108-million contract from Thai Polypropylene (Bangkok), a Siam Cement subsidiary, to build a previously announced 400,000-m.t./ year polypropylene plant at Map Ta Phut, Thailand by 2010 (CW, Feb. 28,...

Bayer CropScience invests big in Germany.(new construction projects)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Bayer CropScience says it will invest 60 million [euro] ($88 million) to build a plant that will produce methane phosphonous acid n-butyl ester (MPE) at the Knapsack Chemical Park in Germany. MPE is an intermediate used in the production of...

Rhodia builds silica plant in China.(new construction projects)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Rhodia says it will construct a plant for the production of high-performance silica at Qingdao, China, where the company operates a commodity silica plant. The planned unit will specialize in high-performance silica used in low rolling...

Sud-Chemie expands zeolites capacity in Germany.(new construction projects)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Sud-Chemie says it has begun work to expand specialty zeolites capacity at Bitterfeld, Germany. The "double-digit million euro" project will enable production of a new type of catalyst for use in the manufacture of propylene from coal and...

Competition heats up for Reliance's Jamnagar contracts.(new construction projects)(Reliance Industries Ltd.)
November 28, 2007... Reliance Industries has shortlisted three groups of competing licensors for each component of the massive petrochemical complex that the company plans to build at Jamnagar, India, CW has learned. The complex, due onstream at the end of 2010...

Mideast: building the global petchem export hub.(Cover story)
November 28, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The rise of the Mideast as the world's export hub for petrochemicals will transform the industry landscape over the next few years. Regional producers are capitalizing on low-cost feedstock positions to establish...

Building foundations for growth in the Middle East.(Shell Chemicals)(Industry overview)
November 28, 2007... Over the past 30 years there has been a significant, industrywide shift in the geographical balance of global petrochemicals production and investment towards the Middle East. Petrochemicals exports from the Middle East continue to play a key...

"Greater Equate" readies for Olefins II complex.(Equate Petrochemical Co.)
November 28, 2007... Equate (Safat, Kuwait) celebrated last month the 10th anniversary of start-up of the company's Shuaiba, Kuwait petrochemicals manufacturing complex. The company has grown over the last 10 years to become over a $1-billion/year player and will...

Cambridge major buys European development services firm.(M&A)(Cambridge Major Laboratories acquired ChemShop)
November 28, 2007... Cambridge Major Laboratories (Germantown, WI), a fine chemicals contract manufacturer, says it has acquired active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) development services company ChemShop (Weert, the Netherlands). Financial details were not...

Backlash in the cards from Indian plant effluent study?(WASTEWATER TREATMENT)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... A previously disclosed study on the scale of the release of harmful effluents from a wastewater treatment facility in southern India could lead to greater environmental regulations on pharmaceutical and chemical operations, says Girish...

Strides Arcolab, South African firm agree on assets swap.(pharmaceuticals & fine chemicals)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Pharmaceutical companies Strides Arcolab (Bangalore, India) and Aspen (Durban, South Africa) say they have agreed on a partnership that includes asset swaps. Aspen will buy 50% of Strides's Latin American operations, valued at about $260...

Carbo to idle proppant unit.(specialties)(Carbo Ceramics)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Carbo Ceramics (Irving, TX), a supplier of ceramic proppants and fracture diagnostic services, says it plans to idle production at its proppant facility at New Iberia, LA and transfer production to its Mclntyre, GA facility. The shutdown will...

Chemtura changes a pricing format.(specialties)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Chemtura says it has limited the term for fixed-price sales of metal alkyls, effective December 1 or as contracts allow. Traditionally, this product has been subject to long-term fixed pricing, Chemtura says. However, "this does not fit with...

Sun Chemical inks distribution deal.(specialties)(Nantong Shanjing Metallic Pigments Co. Ltd. )(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Sun Chemical says it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Nantong Shanjing Metallic Pigments Co. Ltd. (Nantong, China), a producer of aluminum pigments and pastes. The deal calls for Sun Chemical to market Nantong...

ICL raises flame retardant prices.(specialties)(ICL Industrial Products)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Israel Chemicals' ICL Industrial Products says it has increased Supresta brand phosphorous-based flame retardant prices, effective December 1 or as contracts allow. ICL's Fyrol PCF and FR lines have risen 5%, and Fyrol CEF, 7%. Its Fyrolflex...

Frutarom buys natural plant extract producer.(FOOD INGREDIENTS)(Frutarom Industries)(RAD Natural Technologies )(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Frutarom Industries (Haifa, Israel) continues its food ingredient buying spree with the recent purchase of natural plant extract maker RAD Natural Technologies (Petah Tikva, Israel) for $4.1 million in cash. RAD makes natural plant extracts...

MTI to build PCC satellite unit in Thailand.(PAPER CHEMICALS)(Minerals Technologies)(precipitated calcium carbonate)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Minerals Technologies' (MTI) Specialty Minerals (Thailand) Co. unit will build and operate a precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) satellite plant at a Nam Phong, Thailand paper mill. The plant will produce 50,000-70,000 tons/year of...

Suppliers expand product offerings as more merchandisers go 'natural'.(PERSONAL CARE)
November 28, 2007... U.S. and Western European consumer demand for personal care .products based on natural ingredients is posting double-digit growth and is expected to reach about $7 billion by 2012, says a recent study by Kline & Co. (Little Falls, NI). In...

No end in sight for tight global market conditions.(SODA ASH)(Industry overview)
November 28, 2007... The global soda ash market is tighter than it has been in years, market sources say. Large users are requesting more volume in their contracts, which is maintaining strong upward momentum on spot pricing, sources say. Contract price...

Fire shuts down Georgia Gulf Louisiana plant.(VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER)
November 28, 2007... Georgia Gulf says it has shut down its 900-million lbs/year vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) facility at Lake Charles, LA, following a fire at the site on November 10. There were no injuries, but it will be several weeks before an accurate damage...

Equipolymers adds PET capacity.(basic chemicals & plastics)
November 28, 2007... Equipolymers says production at its new 150,000-m.t./year Ottana, Italy polycondensation line for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) began on November 1. The company, a Dow Chemical and Kuwait Petrochemical Industries (Kuwait) joint venture,...

Global styrene market set to change.(basic chemicals & plastics)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... About 3.2-million m.t./year of styrene from the Mideast will hit the global market by 2012, altering the landscape of the styrene market, says CMAI (Houston) in its 2008 World Styrene Analysis Report. Asia will continue to drive demand...

Sasol is increasing its price for linear alkylbenzene.(Basic Chemicals Price Watch)
November 28, 2007... Sasol is increasing its price for linear alkylbenzene by $250/ton in all markets

Dow Chemical says it is increasing list and off-list prices in North America by 5 cts/lb for all grades of triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol.(Basic Chemicals Price Watch)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Dow Chemical says it is increasing list and off-list prices in North America by 5 cts/lb for all grades of triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol, effective December 1 or as contracts allow.

Polycarbonate.(product focus)
November 28, 2007... Prices U.S.: $1.85-$2.05/1b del, injection molding; $1.75-$2.00/1b del, extrusion EUROPE: 2,900 [euro]-3,150 [euro]/m.t. del, general purpose ASIA: $2,750-$2,780/m.t. cif Hong Kong, injection molding Outlook Global...

Commentary.(cw price report)
November 28, 2007... Crude oil settled back last week below its previous trading range of $95-97/bbl. Despite the drop in hydrocarbons, spot naphtha in Europe added $25/m.t., and U.S. naphtha added 10 cts/gal. Spot ethylene prices gained 3 cts from the...

Two suits charge California with Proposition 65 violations.(PRODUCT SAFETY)
November 28, 2007... A coalition of environmental and labor groups say they have filed a suit against the state of California for its "wholesale failure" to enforce the state's Proposition 65 protections of residents from chemicals that cause cancer. The suit...

Socma says area source emission rules could hurt small producers.(HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... EPA's proposed rules on area source emissions could impose "significant costs" on specialty batch chemical manufacturers, Socma says. In particular, a proposed rule that covers all hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), instead of just urban air...

Dow agrees to emergency dioxin cleanup in Michigan.(regulatory)(Dow Chemical Co. )(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... Dow Chemical says it has agreed to an EPA consent order under which it must begin an emergency cleanup of a previously unknown dioxin "hot spot" in the Saginaw River, downstream from its Midland, MI chemical facility. Dredging of...

CW75 stock performance.(Chemical Week)(Statistical table)
November 28, 2007... The CW75 Index finished flat for the week ending November 27, in line with broader market indexes including the Morgan Stanley global composite and Standard & Poor's 500 indexes. The CW75 and broader indexes finished a volatile week that...

Business services.(Directory)
November 28, 2007... ADVERTISING CLAIMS SUBSTANTIATION Hill Top Research, Inc. SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc. Westman Associates, Inc. AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS A-Alpha Aromatics Engelhard Corporation BIOLOGICAL TESTING SGS U.S....

Machinery & equipment.(Directory)
November 28, 2007... AGITATORS Buhler Inc. ANALYZERS Parker Hannifin Corporation Thomas Scientific AUTOCLAVES Brinkmann Instruments, Inc. AUTOMATIC LABEL DISPENSING AND APPLICATING-MACHINERY MPI Label Systems BALLS...

Packaging & packaging materials.(Directory)
November 28, 2007... ADHESIVES Biobased Manufacturers Assoc. AEROSOL CANS CCL Container--Aerosol Division AEROSOL CAPS Polv-Seal Corporation, A Subsidiaryof Berry Plastics Corp. AEROSOL CONCENTRATES Biobased Manufacturers Assoc....

Private formula, contract packagers, & service manufacturing.(Directory)
November 28, 2007... AEROSOL PRODUCTS (FILLED CONTAINERS FOR THE-TRADE) CCL Custom Manufacturing, Inc. Harrison Specialty Co. Inc. Polysciences, Inc. AEROSOLS (PRIVATE LABEL) Harrison Specialty Co. Inc. ANTIPERSPIRANTS AND DEODORANTS...

Raw materials.
November 28, 2007... ABSORBENTS Amcol Health & Beauty Solutions, Inc. Biobased Manufacturers Assoc. Grain Processing Corporation National Starch and Chemical Co. Southern Clay Products, Inc. ABSORPTION BASES Croda Inc. ...

Company listings.(Directory)
November 28, 2007... AAPER Alcohol & Chemical Co. P.O. Box-339 Shelbyville, KY 40066 800-456-1017 FAX: 502-633-0685 Website: www.aaper.com see our ad on page 76 Adamson Analytical Laboratories Inc. 1680 Railroad-Street ...

DuPont panel points to biofuels to address energy challenges.(Alternative Energy)(biomass energy can help to eradicate global warming concerns)
November 28, 2007... A panel of biofuels experts convened recently by DuPont addressed the role biofuels can play in helping to curb global warming and reduce U.S. dependence on hydrocarbon fuel sources. "It is possible--if the world is really serious about...

Leader indicator.(rise in the share price of chemical industry)
November 28, 2007... The leading indicator for the chemical industry rose about 1% in November, after dropping 0.8% the previous month. An increase in share prices for the chemical industry was behind the advance. Other positive contributions to the rise in the...

Rohm and Haas.(key changes)(appointments)(Harish Badami )(Jose Maria Bermudez)(Nell Carr)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... ROHM AND HAAS has named several vice presidents: Harish Badami, president and managing director, India; Jose Maria Bermudez, regional director/Latin America and general manager/paints and coatings materials, Latin America; Nell Carr,...

Israel Chemicals.(key changes)(appointments)(Asher Grinbaum)(Yossii Shachar)(Dani Chen)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... ISRAEL CHEMICALS has made several appointments: Asher Grinbaum, as executive v.p. and COO; Yossii Shachar, as executive v.p./ strategy and M&A; Dani Chen, as president and CEO/ICL Fertilizers; Nissim Adar, as president and CEO/ICL Industrial...

Honeywell.(key changes)
November 28, 2007... HONEYWELL has appointed Jae Cho president/Asia, for Honeywell Specialty Materials.

International Speacialty Products.(key changes)
November 28, 2007... INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS has promoted Robert Toth to director/sales and logistics. Toth was previously senior customer service representative and manager/sales and logistics.

The Bioindustry Association.(key changes)
November 28, 2007... THE BIOINDUSTRY ASSOCIATION has appointed Clive Dix as its new chairman. Dix succeeds Simon Best, who will remain a member of the board.

Prizer Centresource.(key changes)(appointments)(Jeff Frazier)(Kenneth Ball)(Brief article)
November 28, 2007... PFIZER CENTRESOURCE has appointed Jeff Frazier v.p./fine chemicals and Kenneth Ball marketing manager. Frazier was previously director/strategic initiatives and business planning. Ball was formerly technical development manager.

Frautarom.(key changes)
November 28, 2007... FRUTAROM has named Morry Seidel v.p./ sales.

A chemical candidate?(viewpoint)
November 21, 2007... Leading industry executives are lining up co support the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Republican Mitt Romney, according to a review of contributions filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC; Washington). Romney, the former...

PolyOne to acquire TPE compounds maker GLS.(Brief article)
November 21, 2007... PolyOne says it has agreed to acquire GLS (McHenry, IL), a specialty thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds producer. Terms were not disclosed. GLS has annual sales of about $130 million and manufacturing plants at McHenry and Suzhou, China,...

Rockwood prices secondary offering at $34/share.(Rockwood Holdings )(Brief article)
November 21, 2007... Rockwood Holdings (Princeton, NJ) says it will price its previously announced sale of 10 million shares of common stock owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR; New York), DLJ Merchant Banking (New York), and other management stockholders, at...