Tessenderlo Group has completed the sale of its pharmaceutical ingredients activities in Calaire, France and Farchemia, Italy, to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), a private industrial holding company. This divestment is part ...
PPG Industries announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG’s technology for the manufacture ...
Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Universal Fiber Systems, LLC and its operating companies, Universal ...
Tags: Fibres, renewable chemicals, Fiber Systems, sustainable fiber
Canadian green packaging manufacturer Cascades has announced plans to invest up to $750000 in its Cascades Enviropac HPM plant located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US. The company will add new equipment by the end of 2012 and beginning 2013 ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) will preview SOLARBAN(R) 67 glass and showcase new SUNGATE(R) 600 glass during the GREENBUILD(R) International Conference and Expo in booth 1827S at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Nov. 14-15. ...
Lydall Performance Materials will implement a general price increase for orders shipped on or after 1 December 2012.Increases will range from 2–6%across most lines,but some specialty products will see prices rise by up to 15%.The ...
PITTSBURGH,Oct.9,2012–PPG Industries(NYSE:PPG)announced that CLARVISTA(R)glass,a highly transparent and exceptionally durable shower door glass by PPG,was named by editors of Professional Builder and Professional Remodelermagazines as ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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Madico Window films recently returned from another successful SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show took place October 30 – November 2, 2012 and featured some of the biggest players in the automotive industry. The SEMA Show is the ...
Universal Plastics, a thermoformer maker based in the US, has been purchased by Sunil and Jay Kumar from its owning family, and the Kumars would reportedly be on-site managers for the new firm. Sunil Kumar previously worked as president ...
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Global producer of aluminum rolled products Novelis has completed the sale of three European aluminum foil and packaging plants to American Industrial Acquisition's (AIAC) unit Eurofoil. The transaction includes foil rolling operations in ...
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Chemicals company Tessenderlo Group has announced that its plans to sell Profialis, its continental European PVC profile business, to investment firm Open Gate Capital, for an undisclosed sum. Belgium-based company said staff at Los ...
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Insurance and reinsurance firm XL Group has appointed Alfred Bergbauer as head of multinational casualty in North America. In his role, Bergbauer will report to Ken Riegler, president of XL Group's North American Primary Casualty group ...
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Pennsylvania-based insurance wholesale broker WN Tuscano Agency has completed acquisition of Special Risk Solutions (SRS), the brokerage division of Utica Mutual Insurance Company. SRS is scheduled to commence operations under the Tuscano ...
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XL Group has named Eileen Whelley as executive vice president, chief human resources officer for the firm, who will replace Elizabeth L Reeves, after her retirement. Whelley will take charge from 18 June 2012, and report to XL chief ...
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