Chemical Week articles from November 2010

Chemical Week archives from November 2010

Huntsman's focus on sustainability.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This week CW will be reporting from Basel, Switzerland where Huntsman is hosting a meeting on sustainability and innovation. The emphasis will be on what is happening along the supply chain including Huntsman's...

Dow AgroSciences and DOE grow plastics precursors.(CHEMWEEK.COM)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scientists from Dow AgroSciences and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have engineered plants to produce industrially-relevant levels of omega-7 fatty acids for making plastics. See video footage at...

Indian Oil invests in Petchems.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 22, 2010... Indian Oil will invest up to $17.7 billion to grow its petrochemicals business, chemweek. com/home/top_of_the_news

Chem ideas.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 22, 2010... Get the latest thoughts and news analysis from industry leaders and CW editors on our blog. chemweek.com/chem_ideas

Olefins prices fall.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 22, 2010... Petrochemical prices fell this week after several weeks of steady gains as supply rose and crude fell. chemweek.com/pricewatch

Halliburton discloses fracking chems.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 22, 2010... The company, which was subpoeanaed by EPA last week, is listing fracking chemicals on the web. chemweek.com/people_and_business

Most read stories online.(Chemweek 24 7)
November 22, 2010... As of CW press time on Thursday Nov. 18 1. Chemical Industry Innovation Round-Up 2. Dow Corning, Wacker Open Chinese Silicone Site 3. Private Equity Firm Receives Offers for Siid-Chemie Stake 4. ACC's 2011 Agenda to Focus on TSCA,...

Distribution expands.(VIEWPOINT)
November 22, 2010... Confidence has returned to the chemical distribution sector after strong sales growth this year, as our cover story shows (p. 19). U.S. distributors are sure to be more upbeat this year as they gather for the National Association of Chemical...

Proppants expansion.(Momentive Specialty Chemicals )(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Momentive Specialty Chemicals says it plans to build a resin-coated proppants production line at its Brady, TX facility, citing increasing demand from the oil and gas industry. Resin-coated proppants are used in the hydraulic fracturing process...

Biosuccinic acid JV.(DNP Green Technology acquired BioAmber)(joint venture)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... DNP Green Technology (Princeton, NJ) says it has acquired full ownership of BioAmber (Pomacle, France), a 50:50 joint venture DNP formed with Agro Industries Recherche et Developpement (ARD; Pomacle) in 2008 to commercialize biosuccinic acid....

Alberta pipeline done.(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Air Products says that its previously announced 30-mile hydrogen pipeline through Alberta's industrial heartland is completed and currently supplying customers. The pipeline provides hydrogen from Air Products' two units near Edmonton, AB to...

Lanzatech, PNNL partner.(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory )(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... LanzaTech (Auckland) says it has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA) to use LanzaTech's syngas-derived 2,3-butanediol as a drop-in replacement for jet fuel. DOE and...

Lonza Peptides link.(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Lonza has entered into a strategic collaboration with California Peptide Research Inc. (CPRI; Napa, CA) to serve customers requesting peptide manufacturing and development services. CPRI's small-scale services complement Lonza's capabilities in...

Court approves Tronox reorganization.(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Tronox says the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed its reorganization plan, paving the way for the company to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The plan will become effective after the court enters a...

Makhteshim Agan expands in Mexico.(Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd.)(Ingenieria Industrial S.A. de C.V.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Makhteshim Agan (Tel Aviv) says it has acquired Ingenieria Industrial S.A. de C.V. (BravoAg), a Mexico City-based crop protection manufacturer, and taken a 51% stake in South Korean glyphosate manufacturer JK (Goyang City). Financial terms were...

Explosion at New York DuPont plant kills one.(E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... An explosion at DuPont's Tonawanda, NY facility killed a contract worker and injured another, reports say. The explosion occurred as the workers were welding equipment attached to an empty vinyl fluoride storage tank. No chemicals were released....

Bayer to cut jobs to support R&D and emerging market investments.(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Bayer says it will cut about 4,500 jobs, roughly 4% of its total workforce, by the end of 2012 in a bid to yield annual savings of 800 million [euro] ($1.2 billion) by 2013. However, the company will also add about 2,500 new jobs to support...

Korea's SKC buys stake in Evonik hydrogen peroxide plant.(Evonik Degussa Peroxide Korea)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... SKC Co. (Seoul) has agreed to acquire a 45% stake in Evonik Degussa Peroxide Korea, a subsidiary of Evonik Degussa. Evonik Degussa Peroxide Korea is the biggest manufacturer of hydrogen peroxide ([H.sub.2][O.sub.2]) in Korea, and it has operated...

One Equity receives bids for Sud-Chemie stake.(One Equity Partners L.L.C.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... One Equity Partners, a private equity firm, has attracted preliminary bids to acquire its controlling stake in Sud-Chemie (Munich), reports say. One Equity Partners, which holds 50% of Sud-Chemie, is said to be reviewing the offers and holding...

Clariant enters polyetheramines market.(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clariant says it has added polyetheramines to its industrial and consumer specialties chemicals portfolio, having built capacity at the company's nitril-amine plant at Gendorf, Germany. Polyetheramines are used in...

Japan's DIC reports huge rise in earnings.(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... DIC Corp. (Tokyo) recorded a net profit of [yen] 12.2 billion ($148 million) for the fiscal first half ended September 30, 2010 compared with a net profit of [yen] 564 million in the corresponding period of the previous year. Sales increased...

Umicore, Dyesol to develop dye solar cells.
November 22, 2010... Catalyst and precious metals supplier Umicore says it has signed a letter of intent and entered negotiations to establish a business alliance with Dyesol (Queanbeyan, Australia), a company developing solar cells based on dye technology. Dyesol's...

China dumping duties.(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... The Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom; Beijing) has decided to extend China's antidumping measures on ethanolamines imported from Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the U.S. for five years. It launched an expiry review of the antidumping measures a year...

Orica's profits rise.(revenue report)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Orica (Melbourne) recorded a 4.6% rise in net profits before individually material items for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, to A$676 million ($668 million). Sales, however, decreased 11.8%, to A$6.53 billion due to the global economic...

Linde hydrogen deal.(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Linde has agreed to expand its gas-supply deal with GCL-Poly Energy (Hong Kong), the largest producer of highly purified polycrystalline silicon in China. Linde will invest 15 million [euro] ($20.5 million) to build two additional production and...

TSCA, boiler regulations top ACC's 2011 policy agenda.(TOP OF THE WEEK)(Toxic Substances Reform Act)(American Chemistry)
November 22, 2010... ACC president and CEO Cal Dooley said last week that industry will not back away from efforts to overhaul the Toxic Substances Reform Act (TSCA) despite changes in control of Congress. Other legislative priorities for 2011 include measures to...

Petronas Chemicals raises $4.1 billion in IPO.(TOP OF THE WEEK)(initial public offerings)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Petronas Chemicals (Kuala Lumpur) says it raised RM12.8 billion ($4.1 billion) after pricing its shares at the top end of the projected range for its previously announced initial public offering (IPO) (CW, Oct. 18, p. 7). Parent company Petronas...

Indorama acquires two PET plants from Invista.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)
November 22, 2010... Indorama Ventures (IVL; Bangkok) says it has agreed to acquire Invista's polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and resins manufacturing plants at Spartanburg, SC and Queretaro, Mexico for $420 million. The purchase price includes $229 million for the...

Nova Chemicals reports profits, plans exit from Styrenics JV.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)(revenue report)(Financial report)
November 22, 2010... Nova Chemicals reported third-quarter net income of $54 million compared with a net loss of $19 million in the year-ago period. Sales were up 31%, to $1.38 billion, on higher margins and improved demand. Nova also reported last week that it...

BHP abandons PotashCorp bid after losing regulatory review.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)(BHP Billiton Group)
November 22, 2010... BHP withdrew its $38.6 billion bid for PotashCorp last week after talks with Canadian regulators broke down. Canada's Ministry of Industry blocked the deal November 3, saying BHP's offer did not meet federal requirements that a foreign takeover...

Arkema plans major U.S. acrylics expansion.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)
November 22, 2010... Arkema has announced investments totaling $110 million at the company's acrylics sites at Clear Lake and Bayport, TX over the next three years. The plan will target acrylic acid and esters, and it focuses on fast-growing applications in the...

Monsanto reports mixed SmartStax yields; stands behind 2011 guidance.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)
November 22, 2010... Monsanto reported final harvest results for its newly released Genuity SmartStax corn and Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield (RR2) soybeans, noting "significant" yield advantages versus competitors' products in key regions. Final results have been...

EPA targets 134 substances for endocrine screening.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)(Environmental Protection Agency)
November 22, 2010... EPA has proposed a list of 134 substances to screen for potential endocrine disrupting effects. The agency also has proposed draft policies that it will use to order the testing process, minimize duplicative testing, and to promote equitable...

Federal ban on bisphenol A in baby products fails in Senate.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... An amendment seeking to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby products such as bottles and sippy cups has been blocked, says the measure's sponsor Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., CA). The proposal, tacked on to a pending FDA Food Safety...

Sekisui acquires Genzyme's diagnostics business.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: UNITED STATES/AMERICAS)(Sekisui Chemical Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Sekisui Chemical (Osaka) says it has agreed to acquire the diagnostics business of Genzyme (Cambridge, MA) for $265 million. Genzyme's diagnostics business has annual sales of about $167 million and provides raw materials and enzymes for...

AkzoNobel's expansion focuses on high-growth markets.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: EUROPE/MIDEAST)
November 22, 2010... AkzoNobel will focus on high-growth markets to achieve its recently announced target to raise annual sales by 44%, to C20 billion ($27.4 billion) over the next 5-6 years. The company aims to derive 50% of revenues from high-growth regions as...

Deal signed for bio-based complex in Russia.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: EUROPE/MIDEAST)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Engineering and construction company M+W Group (Stuttgart, Germany) says it has signed a letter of intent for the design and construction of a bio-based chemicals complex at Omsk, Russia. M+W reached the agreement with the governor of Omsk,...

Evonik posts strong third quarter, eyes record full year.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: EUROPE/MIDEAST)(Evonik Industries revenue report)(Financial report)
November 22, 2010... Evonik Industries says that strong worldwide demand for its products and high capacity utilization rates lifted the company's third-quarter 2010 results. Ebitda was up 18%, to 744 million [euro] ($1 billion) in the third quarter compared with...

Dow Corning and Wacker inaugurate China silicone JV's.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: ASIA/PACIFIC)(Wacker-Chemie GmbH)
November 22, 2010... Dow Corning and Wacker Chemie, two leading silicone producers, inaugurated earlier this month a previously announced $1.8-billion joint, integrated silicones manufacturing complex at Zhangjiagang, China. The ceremony was attended by Stephanie...

Reliance to invest $10 billion on Petchem projects in India.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: ASIA/PACIFIC)(Reliance Industries Ltd.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Reliance Industries will invest about $10 billion in several projects in P India over the next 3-4 years, a source from the company tells CW. Some of the individual investments were outlined in a presentation made by the company at the Indian...

Bayer MaterialScience plans downstream investments across China by 2012.(BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS: ASIA/PACIFIC)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Bayer MaterialScience says it plans to invest 110 million [euro] ($149 million) to build five new downstream facilities in China by 2012. The facilities include three polyurethanes (PU) systems houses, at Shanghai, Qingdao, and Chongqing; a...

Sibur confirms Tobolsk cracker; JV with Dow delayed.(NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS)
November 22, 2010... The competitiveness of Sibur's (Moscow) assets will improve after completion in 2015 of a previously reported project to build a 1-million m.t./year steam cracker at Tobolsk, Russia, Sibur CEO Dmitry Konov says (CW, Sept. 13, p. 15). Outlining...

Air Liquide builds liquid oxygen and nitrogen plant in Turkey.(NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS)(Air Liquide America L.P.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Air Liquide says it is building a liquid oxygen and nitrogen production unit, with a production capacity of 200 m.t./day, and a cylinder conditioning unit, in the region of Ankara, Turkey. The total investment for the production installations...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sojitz land fertilizer plant order in Russia.(NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS)
November 22, 2010... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI; Tokyo) and Sojitz (Tokyo), together with China National Chemical Engineering Corp. (CNCEC; Beijing), say they have received an order from Ammoni of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia for a project to construct a...

Jacobs awarded contract for fine chemical unit in China.(NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS)(Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.)(Porton Fine Chemicals)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Jacobs Engineering says it has been awarded a contract by Porton Fine Chemicals (Chongqing, China), a leading custom manufacturer, to provide detailed engineering services for a new multipurpose GMP manufacturing facility at the Chongqing...

Chinese coal-to-chemicals firm licenses Unipol PE technology.(NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Univation Technologies has licensed its Unipol polyethylene (PE) technology to PuCheng Clean Energy Chemical Co. The process will be used in a 300,000-m.t./year plant producing high-density PE or linear low-density PE, which will be built at...

Distribution: opportunity on the horizon.(Cover story)
November 22, 2010... Confidence has returned to the chemical distribution sector after strong sales growth so far this year. "Driven by minimal stocks held by customers that had to be replenished, and a general pick-up in industrial activity, larger chemical...

Global demand improves, growth rates to moderate.(FLAVORS AND FRAGRANCES)
November 22, 2010... Flavors and fragrances firms reported strong earnings for the period ended September 30 compared with year-ago levels in part due to improved demand, especially in emerging markets where growth in disposable income is outpacing mature markets....

Grace buys Chinese waterproofing firm.(DIGEST)(W.R. Grace & Co.)(Wuhan Meilixin New Building Materials)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... W.R. Grace says it has purchased the business and assets of Wuhan Meilixin New Building Materials (Wuhan, China), a manufacturer of waterproofing products. Financial terms were not disclosed. Meilixin has manufacturing facilities for the...

Fuller breaks ground on Indian adhesives facility.(DIGEST)(H.B. Fuller Co.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... H.B. Fuller says it has broken ground on an adhesives manufacturing facility at Pune, India as part of the company's plans to expand its business in India. The plant, which involves an investment of $12 million, is due onstream by August 2011....

PQ to expand silica production.(SPECIALTIES)
November 22, 2010... PQ Corp. says it plans to expand its silica manufacturing plant at Pasuruan, Indonesia. The company did not disclose capacity details, but says the investment will more than double the current capacity. The project is expected to be completed by...

T&L to make farnesene for Amyris.(SPECIALTIES)(Tate & Lyle Inc.)(Amyris Biotechnologies Inc.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Tate & Lyte (T&L; Decatur, IL) says it has signed a contract manufacturing agreement to produce biobased farnesene for biochemicals firm Amyris (Emeryville, CA). T&L will expand its Decatur facility to accommodate the production...

Dow Corning inks adhesives deal.(SPECIALTIES)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Adhesive materials manufacturer Scapa Group (Blackburn, U.K.) says it has entered into a deal with Dow Corning to jointly develop silicon-based adhesive products for medical applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Cytec expanding light stabilizers.(SPECIALTIES)
November 22, 2010... Cytec Industries says it is expanding light stabilizer production capacity at its Willow Island, WV plant to meet global demand for high-performance UV protection for plastics and coatings. The additional capacity is expected to be completed in...

Avantor rebrands Mallinkrodt.(SPECIALTIES)(Avantor Performance Materials)(Mallinckrodt Chemicals )(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Avantor Performance Materials, formerly Mallinckrodt Baker, says it is renaming its Mallinckrodt Chemicals brand product line Macron Chemicals, effective March 7, 2011. Private equity firm New Mountain Capital (New York) bought Mallinckrodt from...

Specialty chemicals price watch.(SPECIALTIES)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Bayer MaterialScience says it is raising prices for aliphatic isocyanates in Africa, Europe, and the Mideast by 8%, effective December 1 * Cytec Industries says it is increasing prices for powder coating resins and additives sold in Africa,...

Report: chlor-alkali industry to grow slowly through 2012.(INORGANICS)(Market overview)(Statistical data)
November 22, 2010... The North American chlor-alkali market is expected to grow about 2%-3%/year through 2012, to about 11.5 million m.t., in part due to slower recovery in end-user markets, says a recent report from Fitch Ratings (New York). For the rest of 2010,...

Solvay prepares to exit ANSAC.(DIGEST)(Solvay Chemicals Inc.)(American Natural Soda Ash Corp.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Solvay Chemicals says it will complete its exit from the American Natural Soda Ash Corp. (ANSAC) by year end. The company in January 2009 announced its intention to leave ANSAC, an export consortium of U.S.-based soda ash producers, to expand...

Ti[O.sub.2] producers up 2011 prices.(DIGEST)(titanium dioxide)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
November 22, 2010... Kronos says it will increase the price for all titanium dioxide (Ti[O.sub.2]) products sold in Europe by 200 [euro]-250 [euro]/m.t., depending on the grade, on January 1, 2011. The company will also raise Ti[O.sub.2] prices in Asia/Pacific,...

Williams ethylene outage.(BASIC CHEMICALS & PLASTICS)(Williams Olefins )(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Williams Olefins declared force majeure on olefins produced at Geismar, LA on November 10 due to maintenance problems. Williams took its Geismar steam cracker down for a 6-10 day planned maintenance on November 4, but work is expected to take...

Yara extends turnaround.(BASIC CHEMICALS & PLASTICS)(Yara International ASA)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Yara International (Oslo) says it now expects that its 500,000-m.t./year ammonium nitrate fertilizer plant at Ambes, France will be back online by the end of first-quarter 2011. The plant was shut for a planned turnaround in September with an...

Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says it will increase the price of several oxo-intermediates on December 1, or as contracts allow.(BASIC CHEMICALS PRICE WATCH)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says it will increase the price of several oxo-intermediates on December 1, or as contracts allow. Butanol, butyl acetate, and propanol will each increase by $110/m.t. in Central and South America, Asia, Africa, and...

Celanese has increased the list and off-list prices of acetic acid effective November 15.(BASIC CHEMICALS PRICE WATCH)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
November 22, 2010... Celanese has increased the list and off-list prices of acetic acid effective November 15, or as contracts allow, by 5 cts/lb in North America, $100/m.t. in Central and South America, 75 [euro]/m.t. in Europe, RMB 700/m.t. in China and $100/m.t....

CW75 stock performance.(Statistical table)
November 22, 2010... The CW75 Index fell 4% for the week ended November 16, slightly deeper than declines in broader market indexes including the Morgan Stanley global composite and Standard and Poor's 500, which fell 3.7% and 2.9%, respectively. Uncertainty...

Bayer Corp. restructuring assists recovery: rebound, transformation restore competitiveness.(COMPANIES)
November 22, 2010... Actions taken by Bayer prior the downturn put the company on stronger footing during the recession and, more importantly, helped it better capture the benefit of the upturn. Bayer launched its "Competitive Transformation" effort in North America...

Economy makes gains.(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(Statistical table)
November 22, 2010... The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2% in the third quarter, slightly above the 1.7% rate of the previous three months. There was mild acceleration in consumer spending, as well as a significant increase of inventory accumulation....

DuPont.(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... DuPont has named Thierry Vanlacker v.p./ performance coatings, Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region, effective December 1. Vanlacker is currently global business and market director/DuPont Fluorochemicals. He first joined the company in 1988...

Sigma-Aldrich.(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(appointment of Kirk Richter as chief financial officers at Sigma-Aldrich Corp.)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Sigma-Aldrich has named Kirk Richter interim CFO, effective immediately. Richter is currently v.p. and treasurer and will continue to also perform those functions until the company's board finds a permanent CFO. He succeeds Rakesh Sachdev, who...

Lubrizol.(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(appointment of Suzanne Day as Vice President and general counsel)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Lubrizol has named Suzanne Day v.p. and general counsel, effective January 3, 2011. She succeeds Joseph Bauer, who is retiring after 25 years with Lubrizol. Day first joined Lubrizol in 1998 and has held positions in the company's legal...

Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI).(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(appointment of Tim Hopper as chief economist and economic business director )(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) has named Tim Hopper chief economist and economic business director in the Houston office. Hopper was most recently responsible for U.S. economics and strategy at Nordbank, an investment bank. He replaces...

Adhesives Research, Inc.(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(appointment of George Stolakis as President)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Adhesives Research, Inc., a specialty adhesives firm, has named George Stolakis president. Stolakis has been with the company for sixteen years, and was most recently v.p. and general manager of its research division. He has also held...

Solazyme.(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(appointment of Cameron Byers )(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Solazyme, an industrial biotechnology firm, has named Cameron Byers v.p. and general manager/ fuels and chemicals. Byers was most recently CEO of BP North America Gas and Power. Prior to that, he had held a variety of positions at BP spanning...

Sartomer.(VITAL STATISTICS--KEY CHANGES)(appointment of Bernadette Corujo)(Brief article)
November 22, 2010... Sartomer, a specialty chemicals supplier owned by Total, has named Bernadette Corujo business development manager. Corujo was most recently manager/special projects, North American dispersions and pigments at BASE Prior to that, she was a...

The 5-minute interview: Ellen Kullman: Chair of the Board and CEO at DuPont.(BACK PAGE)(Interview)
November 22, 2010... 'I expect that women will continue to take on increasing leadership roles across all aspects of business, including the highest management positions in the chemical industry.' Kullman, 54, became CEO of DuPont on January 1, 2009 and chair of...

Research into greener chemistry.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Paul-Joel Derian, group v.p./R&D at Rhodia, the new chairman of SusChem, a joint initiative between Cefic and the European Commission, sets his plans. Also this week, CW will be at the industry's Annual Long Range...

Linde's profits rise 23%.(CHEMWEEK.COM)(Financial report)
November 8, 2010... Linde's year-to-date profit rose 23% to C1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) on sales up 13% to 9.4 billion [euro], chemweek.com/people_and_business

Weekly news round-up.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 8, 2010... A collection of the week's most interesting stories from CW and beyond published every Friday. chemweek.com/chem_ideas

Solvay to replace mercury cells at French chlor-alkali plant.(CHEMWEEK.COM)(Brief article)
November 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Solvay will replace mercury-based electrolysis systems with a membrane system at Tavaux, France, at a cost of $115 million. First announced in 2008, the project had been on hold because of the economic downturn,...

Olefins prices up.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 8, 2010... North American feedstocks were mostly up this past week due to limited availability. chemweek.com/pricewatch

Teijin enters performance PE market.(CHEMWEEK.COM)
November 8, 2010... Teijin says it will build an HDPE plant at Emmen, the Netherlands. chemweek.com/ home/top of the news

Most read stories online.(Chemweek 24 7)
November 8, 2010... As of CW press time on Thursday Nov. 11 1. Fuller Builds Facility in India 2. Air Liquide Builds Liquid Oxygen and Nitrogen Production Unit in Turkey 3. Gas and Biomass Open New Feedstock Vistas 4. Grace Acquires Chinese Waterproof...

Feeling special again.(VIEWPOINT)
November 8, 2010... Producers are expressing more confidence about recovery and the outlook as solid profit gains persist in the third quarter. And more producers are making a case that earnings and margin recovery are in their early phases and will continue over...

Who panel says BPA bans 'premature'.(bisphenol-A)(World Health Organization)(Brief article)
November 8, 2010... Public health measures intended to ban or limit the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) are premature because associations between low BPA exposure and adverse health effects cannot be confirmed, says a panel of 30 experts convened by the World Health...

Rockwood targets 20% earning growth.(Brief article)
November 8, 2010... Rockwood Holdings expects to grow earnings per share by more than 20% /year through 2015, largely through its portfolio of products positioned to benefits from favorable trends such energy and demographic, Rockwood chairman and CEO Seifi Ghasemi...