Chemicals
DuPont's new refrigerant gets European Patent
12 November 2009
Tata Chemicals Q2 net down 20 per cent at Rs223 crore
30 October 2009
Celanese expands emulsions polymer manufacturing in China
27 October 2009
Canadian potash industry wilts as farmers hold out on prices
23 September 2009
Ashland Inc. completes sale of Drew Marine to J.F. Lehman & Co.
01 September 2009
Huntsman signs “Stalking Horse” deal with Tronox
31 August 2009
Dow’s dual-membrane technology enables blow down water reuse in China power plant
22 August 2009
Algenol-Dow tie-up to test direct-to-ethanol process
16 July 2009
After Nandigram, Mamata holds up Nayachar
25 June 2009
Huntsman reports Q1 loss as recession hits demand
09 May 2009
Dow Chemical sells off newly acquired Morton Salt for $1.675 billion
02 April 2009
Hikal plans to take over its own pharma co
23 March 2009
Pthallic anhydride imports to attract 20 per cent safeguard duty
13 March 2009
Tata Chemicals project fails to meet UN's clean development norms: report
06 March 2009
Abu Dhabi’s IPIC to acquire ailing Canadian chemical maker Nova Chem
25 February 2009
Chemical maker Chemtura looking to offload assets to pay off $370 million debt
11 February 2009
BASF to increase focus on India; may sell leather chemicals business
05 February 2009
DuPont posts $629 million quarterly loss, trims outlook for '09
28 January 2009
Chemical maker Huntsman to axe 9 per cent of its workforce
22 January 2009
Chemicals maker Rohm & Haas to slash 900 jobs
21 January 2009
Chemicals maker Rohm & Haas to slash 900 jobs
20 January 2009
Another chemical manufacturer files for bankruptcy protection in the US
12 January 2009
Kuwaiti legislator demands probe into Dow Chemical deal: report
10 January 2009
Cash-strapped Dow Chemical gets EC regulator's nod for Rohm and Haas acquisition
09 January 2009
Dow Chemicals to sue Kuwait over failed petrochemicals JV
07 January 2009
Boeing and Japan's Ube Industries to develop lightweight aircraft composites
07 January 2009
Chemical maker LyondellBasell may be on the brink of bankruptcy
31 December 2008
Dow Chemicals attempts to keep $15 billion bid for Rohm & Haas alive: report
31 December 2008
Chemicals firm Huntsman Corp. receives last tranche of billion-dollar settlement
31 December 2008
Hexion pays Huntsman $325 million termination fees
20 December 2008
SRF Polymers to sell businesses to SRF for Rs151.60 crore
15 December 2008
Dow Chemicals to shed 11 per cent of global workforce
09 December 2008
Tata Chemicals signs agreement with Singapore's JOil
29 November 2008
Fast molecular rearrangements hold key to plastic's toughness
29 November 2008
Tata Chem, Temasek Life Science in jatropha JV
25 November 2008
Tata Chem raises $300 million in US to repay bridge loan
25 November 2008
BASF to close 80 plants worldwide, lay off 20,000 workers
20 November 2008
Tata Chemicals funds whale shark conservation project in Gujarat
19 November 2008
Tata Chemicals to expand capacity at Mithapur
17 November 2008
Scientific panel lambasts US FDA for chemical used in plastic bottles
03 November 2008
HIG Capital acquires specialty chemicals company Petroferm
30 October 2008
Malaysia’s Air Liquide invests €45-million in oxygen plant for supplies to Indian Oil
07 October 2008
Rhodia ties up with Brenntag to sell specialty chemicals, engineering plastics in Asia-Pacific
01 October 2008
Court orders Hexion to conclude Huntsman merger
30 September 2008
Dow halts work at Chakan
30 September 2008
PPG to acquire BASF North American coil, extrusion coatings business
26 September 2008
Ellen Kullman becomes DuPont's first woman CEO in 206 years
24 September 2008
BASF plans to acquire Ciba Holding AG for approximately €3.8 billion
15 September 2008
DuPont India to enter solar cells business
23 August 2008
Gujarat Alkalies forms joint venture with Dow Chemicals
24 July 2008
Chemicals maker Ashland buys peer Hercules for $3.3 billion
11 July 2008
Dow Chemical acquires Rohm & Haas for $18.8 billion
10 July 2008
VVF Ltd acquires Henkel’s soap manufacturing plant in Poland
07 July 2008
Huntsman files counterclaims; extends deadline for $11-billion Hexion deal
03 July 2008
Hedge fund shareholder DE Shaw & Co to try to rescue Huntsman – Hexion deal
01 July 2008
Oil hurts: Albemarle to increase prices of NcendX P-30 phosphorus flame retardant
28 June 2008
Oil hurts: Dow announces further price increases, freight surcharges
27 June 2008
Super refining mineral, Zeolite's, chemical structure revealed
23 June 2008
Huntsman says Hexion management trying to scuttle merger
19 June 2008
Hexion files suit to cancel its $10.6 billion Huntsman deal
19 June 2008
DuPont expands production of Solamet for solar energy
10 June 2008
PolyOne raises prices
03 June 2008
Dow to raise product prices by 20 per cent as energy, feedstock costs mount
29 May 2008
BASF to build 60,000 tonne sodium methylate plant in Brazil
28 May 2008
Chemtura in talks with PE firms Blackstone, Apollo
28 May 2008
Monsanto, Syngenta dump dispute, licence soyabean, other crop technologies
26 May 2008
FMC Corp. acquires hydrocolloids business of International Specialty Products for undisclosed sum
21 May 2008
Ashland develops method to increase productivity for metal casting industry
20 May 2008
BASF to make open offer for 22 per cent in Indian arm
15 May 2008
Carlyle buys Greek chemicals business Neochimiki for $1.15 billion
10 May 2008
PFG Fiber Glass starts third furnace in China
09 May 2008
BASF to set up automobile plastics plant near Mumbai
06 May 2008
Dow Europe to set up India plant with Gujarat Alkalies
16 April 2008
Tata Chemicals completes acquisition of General Chemical Industrial Products
27 March 2008
Tata Chemicals raises $850 million to fund US acquisition
26 March 2008
BASF and SINOPEC submit feasibility study for $900-million expansion of Nanjing site
19 March 2008
DuPont Titanium Technologies reports $100 million in energy savings
04 March 2008
DMAI offers Pre-Budget Proposal to finance minister
20 February 2008
Basic patent granted for Hitachi Chemical's new copper surface treatment technology
06 February 2008
Saudi Basic Industries, Sinopec in $1.7 billion China joint venture
01 February 2008
Tata Chemicals acquires General Chemical Industrial Products for $1 billion
31 January 2008
Dow Chemical's Indian R&D centre plan faces social boycott
05 December 2007
BASF not ruling out take-over bid, says its CEO
24 November 2007
Mitsui Chemicals' Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites India to manufacture polypropylene resins in Rajasthan
15 November 2007
ChemChina, Blackstone makes $3 billion joint bid for Australia''s Nufarm
05 November 2007
Dow India to employ 500 researchers at global R&D centre in Pune
01 November 2007
Zoltek acquires Cydsa''s acrylic fibre unit in Mexico for $100 million
04 October 2007
Celanese strengthens Asian presence with integrated chemical complex in Nanjing
22 September 2007
Tata Chemicals raises $100 million in US debt market
18 September 2007
Dr R Helmut Rupp appointed president, Hikal Technologies
17 September 2007
Vinythai to buy the operating assets of APEX Petrochemical Co., Ltd
14 September 2007
GE Plastics takeover creates SABIC Innovative Plastics
03 September 2007
Lubrizol to acquire Croda''s refrigeration lubricants business
03 September 2007
BASF inaugurates pilot facility for innovative coating technology
31 August 2007
BASF Catalysts expands automotive catalyst plants in China and India
27 August 2007
Celanese Corp sells Films business of AT Plastics to British Polythene Industries
21 August 2007
Degussa expands chemicals research base in China
13 August 2007
Dow Canada divests Western Canada caustic soda unit to Univar
13 August 2007
BASF to increase propionic acid capacity in Ludwigshafen and Nanjing
06 August 2007
Dow to build chemicals plant in Thailand with Solvay; plans on for HPPO plant with BASF
06 August 2007
DuPont settles patent infringement case against Chinese company
03 August 2007
Huntsman and Flint Hills Resources close on sale of US polymers business
03 August 2007
Albemarle Corporation acquires controlling stake in antioxidant JV in China
03 August 2007
ExxonMobil launches first licensed olgone unit in Thailand
02 August 2007
Dow Chemicals, Crystalsev to make polyethylene from cane in Brazil
26 July 2007
United Phosphorus acquires Argentina's ICONA for $10 million
20 July 2007
Basell to acquire Lyondell for $12 billion
18 July 2007
Hexion to acquire Huntsman for $ 10.6 billion
13 July 2007
HAL Holdings accepts CVC Capital''s $2.7-billion offer for Univar
10 July 2007
Apollo raises bid for Huntsman to $6.5 billion
09 July 2007
PolyOne sells stake in Oxy Vinyls, LP for $261 million
07 July 2007
UK Take Over Panel extends Akzo Nobel''s deadline for ICI bid
07 July 2007
Hexion''s $ 10.8-billion offer outbids Basell for Huntsman acquisition
06 July 2007
Huntsman to Acquire Baroda Division of Metrochem Industries
03 July 2007
Dow Chem ties up with Gujarat Alkalies
03 July 2007
Chemtura Corp divests EPDM business in restructuring initiative
02 July 2007
Post Wolf acquisition Dow unveils $1-billion Dow Wolff Cellulosics
02 July 2007
Intertape shareholders reject $500-million buyout offer
30 June 2007
United Phosphorus acquires two DuPont products
28 June 2007
Bayer MaterialScience to build plant for polymer polyols using new technology
22 June 2007
Celanese Corporation completes acquisition of Acetate Products Limited
18 June 2007
ICI rejects $14.2 billion cash bid by Akzo Nobel
18 June 2007
Celanese Completes sale of Oxo products and derivatives businesses
18 June 2007
Huntsman acquires majority stake in Saudi polyurethane JV
18 June 2007
Shasun Chemicals to lease a lab in USA
30 May 2007
Shasun Chemicals: Smooth integration of maiden acquisition
05 May 2007
Sanmar goes global
13 April 2007
Investor group plans $50 billion bid for Dow Chemical, say reports
09 April 2007
IOC plans to acquire chemical unit, set up refinery in Turkey
28 March 2007
United Phosphorous'' Advanta India looks for acquisitions
23 March 2007
China to invest $13 billion in coal-based chemicals base
10 March 2007
Mitsubishi Chemical to acquire Tanabe for $4.3 billion
03 February 2007
Excise dept claims Rs 557 crore from Tata Chemicals
11 April 2006
United Phosphorous acquires Dutch research company
14 February 2006
GHCL''s ''operation turnaround'' of Romanian plant shows results
13 January 2006
Kumar Mangalam Birla to acquire Chinese phosphate firm
02 January 2006
Tata Chem to make open offer for Brunner Mond's remaining equity
27 December 2005
GHCL to acquire third-largest US textile company
26 December 2005
Update: GHCL to acquire third-largest US textile company
26 December 2005
GHCL acquires soda ash business in Romania
07 December 2005
Sunshield Chemicals, Altana Chemie sign global contract
30 November 2005
CRISIL reaffirms Tata Chemicals'' post acquisition rating
25 November 2005
Tata Chemicals to acquire majority satke in the UK''s Brunnner Mond
24 November 2005
TN Chemical Merchants Association shows the way
16 August 2005
Clariant transfers speacilty chemicals manufacturing to Colour-Chem
11 March 2005
Madras Fertilisers out of funds, to shut down from tomorrow
31 January 2005
GMM Pfaudler reports higher sales, net profit in H1
28 October 2004
Tata Chemicals Q2 net at Rs 87.19 crore
20 October 2004
Exporting to a plan: Deepak Nitrite exports cross Rs 100 crore
11 May 2004
IMFA Group achieves record ferro chrome production
26 April 2004
Winners of 'DuPont India Challenge 2003' announced
17 February 2004
CDC to acquire industrial chemicals business of ICI India
26 December 2003
Tata Chemicals to show higher growth
16 December 2003
BASF India Q2 profits up 23%
03 November 2003
Exploring uncharted waters
05 August 2003
BASF reports 20 per cent hike in net profits
30 May 2003
GNFC bags order from ISRO for supply of VSAT systems
05 May 2003
Bihar Caustic & Chemicals forays into the capital market
07 April 2003
Rabo India arranges Rs 62-crore debt for Sanjana Cryogenic
24 March 2003
Grasim profit after tax spurts by 68%, turnover rises by 11%
28 January 2003
Indal net profit at Rs 288 million in Q3; exports improve by 12%
25 January 2003
Tata Chem, Hind Lever Chem to merge chemicals business
24 January 2003
Nirma introduces a revolutionary ad campaign for Camay
31 December 2002
Atul ropes in former HLL chairman to consolidate businesses
31 October 2002
Nirma’s H1 PBDT jumps 16% to Rs 104 crore, net spurts 25%
28 October 2002
Nirma makes tentative efforts to enter premium end market
12 October 2002
Nirma will now manufacture and market Camay for India
11 October 2002
TCCL causing serious mercury pollution: CSE
11 September 2002
FACT settles on special VRS to avoid lay-off
04 September 2002
Thou salt sell more
09 August 2002
Nirma Q1 sales increase 4%, PBT up 30%
31 July 2002
Vanavil Dyes & Chemicals sales at Rs12 cr
25 July 2002
Nicholas Piramal net profit at Rs 311 million
19 July 2002
Reliance scores another first
20 October 1999
Country-wise list
05 October 1999
Reliance commissions paraxylene plant at Jamnagar
23 September 1999
DuPont prunes nylon projects in Asia-Pacific
18 September 1999
Government investigating acetone imports
22 June 1999
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