Mitsui Chemicals and Ticona reached agreement on distribution of Topas® COC in Asia

29-Jan-2001 - Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese AG, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI) to actively promote and sell its range of Topas® cyclo-olefin copolymer products in Japan. MCI is the exclusive distributor in Japan and has ...

Applied Biosystems and Agilent Technologies sign technology access agreement

26-Jan-2001 - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a leading provider of innovative technologies for communications and life sciences; and Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced they have signed a technology access agreement for Agilent to supply custom in ...

Almost 50 participants for the SolVin Award for PVC Innovation

26-Jan-2001 - olVin launched an innovation contest on and around PVC. All over Europe, almost 50 Companies, Individuals or Academic Institutions already announced they would apply. Innovations proposed till now are for new applications for construction, esthetical improvements, additives for PVC. Companies ...

BASF: new leader among fluorescent brighteners for polyester textiles

25-Jan-2001 - As of the start of the year 2001, Ultraphor® SFR Plus Liquid has superseded Ultraphor SFR Liquid. The fluorescent brightener from BASF is based on a distyrylbenzene compound and is very useful as an OBA for textiles composed of polyester and polyester blends. SFR Plus Liquid provides a whiteness ...

Bayer to build major coatings facilities in China

US$ 110 million investment for new plants in Shanghai

23-Jan-2001 - Bayer is investing in the production of polyurethane coating raw materials in the People's Republic of China. New large-scale production facilities, to be built in the Shanghai area at a cost of US$ 110 million, will further strengthen the Group's global leadership position in the ...

Ticona Names Sommer Chief Operating Officer

22-Jan-2001 - Ticona, one of the world's leading suppliers of engineering plastics, has appointed Stefan Sommer Chief Operating Officer. Frankfurt/Summit, Jan. 12, 2001 Sommer is a member of Ticona's Executive Committee (EC) and reports to Edward Muñoz, Ticona Chief Executive Officer and Celanese AG Board ...

Synetix Completes Acquisition of Catalyst Business

22-Jan-2001 - ICI Synetix has completed the acquisition of the 'CelActiv' catalyst business from the German manufacturer, Celanese Chemicals Europe GmbH, including the manufacturing assets also associated with the 'Hoecat' catalystSynetix is a global business with around 5,000 customers in over 85 countries. ...

Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals' Unique Technology Enables Commercial Scale Production of Ultra-Pure Inorganics

18-Jan-2001 - Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals, a division of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq:SIAL), announced the availability of commercial quantities of a unique and broad range of high-purity inorganic materials. These items are manufactured using proprietary technologies by Aldrich-APL, LLC, (AAPL), a ...

REICHHOLD NAMES NEW COO AND PRESIDENT

18-Jan-2001 - Today Mr. Yoshi Kawashima, chairman and CEO of Reichhold Inc. announced the appointment of Gary Krall as president & COO effective April 1. Mr. Kawashima and the Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC, Reichhold's parent company) Board of Directors appointed Krall to this position in a strategic move ...

ChemUnity closes 8 M Euro second financing round with Gilde IT Fund and 3i

17-Jan-2001 - ChemUnity.com, Europe's leading chemical e-marketplace has closed its second round of financing with lead investor 3i, (UK) and initial investor Gilde IT Fund, (NL). This funding provides ChemUnity with adequate means to continue to develop its e-marketplace that has already attracted ...