Dow Chemical, which wants to hive off its various stakes in Kuwait’s chemical and petrochemical sectors, will offer its shares to Kuwaiti citizens as an initial public offering (IPO). Kuwait's state news agency KUNA quoted Public ...
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Steviva Ingredients, a global supplier of all-natural, high-intensity and custom sweeteners, recently announced the launch of MonkSweet plus, a natural sweetening solution bringing together optimal levels of proprietary stevia, monk fruit ...
Tags: stevia, monk fruit, erythritol, Agriculture
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the commercial planting of a potato that has been genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips. The move comes in ...
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NYSE-listed LyondellBasell Industries said it posted second consecutive quarter of record earnings, while its EBITDA crossed $2 billion for the first time in the third quarter of 2014. Earnings from continuing operations for the third ...
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US based apparel and footwear marketer –VF Corp’s latest sustainability report marks the public debut of its innovative chemical management program, CHEM-IQ. “CHEM-IQ provides a proactive, cost-effective and scalable ...
“Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chemical and petrochemical producers have reduced energy consumption per ton by 8% over the last two years through technical renovations,” says a sustainability report. According to the Gulf ...
Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has increased it regional contract methanol price for the North American region, while keeping it unaltered for Europe and Asia-Pacific ...
A record-breaking number of delegates came together at FESPA’s fourth Digital Textile Conference, which took place on 2nd October 2014 in Milan, Italy, to expand their knowledge of digital textile printing. More than double the ...
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Reported earnings per diluted share in the third quarter of 2014, at producer of speciality chemicals and NYSE-listed - Eastman Chemical Company, slipped 29% year on-year. “Reported earnings in the third quarter of 2014 stood at ...
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Textured Jersey Lanka PLC (TJL) recovered and bounced back in the second fiscal quarter of 2014-15, by reporting a quarter-on-quarter top line growth of 29% and its bottom line skyrocketing 72%. In the reporting quarter, TJL posted ...
Ashland Inc, a manufacturer of specialty chemical solutions, said it has hired William Wulfsohn as its new CEO, who replaces James O'Brien, who retires at the end of December. Wulfsohn, 52, brings nearly 30 years of world-class chemicals ...
Tags: specialty alloys, powder metal stainless steels, Textile
Producer of speciality chemicals and NYSE listed, Eastman Chemical said it expects to deliver greater than 12 percent EPS growth, from strong organic growth due to acquisition of Taminco. Alongside, Eastman also expects to generate more ...
Dow Construction Chemicals (DCC), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company has launched a new, high-performance 100 percent acrylic redispersible powder, DLP-500. With this launch, Dow enters a new market with a dry acrylic powder that ...
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Audi has commenced production on a pilot plant at Dresden in Germany which will produce diesel fuel from water, CO2 and green electricity. Developed in collaboration with Climeworks and Sunfire, the plant is located at Sunfire's ...
Tags: diesel fuel, green electricity, Auto
Dow Chemical said it will reconfigure and reduce its equity base in the MEGlobal and Greater Equate joint ventures, including Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC) and Kuwait Styrene Company (TKSC). This reduction, Dow said, will be done through ...
Tags: petrochemical products, Qurain Petrochemical Industries, Textile