21 Mar 2005
SONOCO-ALCORE ANNOUNCES COREBOARD AND CORE INCREASE IN EUROPE
Brussels, Belgium – Sonoco - Alcore will raise prices on coreboard and cores and tubes effective April 18, 2005, it was announced today by James Harrell, chief executive officer of Sonoco-Alcore.
21 Mar 2005
Dow Corning Calls for New Model of the Materials Development Business in Semiconductor Industry
March 11th 2005 Shanghai During the recent 2005 China Semiconductor Manufacturing Summit, Mr. Phil Dembowski, the Global Market Manager of Dow Corning Semiconductor Fabrication Material delivered a presentation that addressed innovation and business success factors in materials development for the semiconductor industry. The presentation entitled ¡®Changing the Material Development Business Model for Success¡¯ drew a welcome response from delegates and was said to have effectively reflected the dawn of a new era for the semiconductor industry.
19 Mar 2005
Borouge completes USD 40 million investment exercise to increase Polyethylene production capacity at Abu Dhabi facility to 580 kts per annum
Abu Dhabi & Singapore - Borouge announced today that its USD 40 million investment to expand the Polyethylene capacity of its USD 1.2 billion petrochemical complex in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 450 kilo tonnes (kts) to 580 kts per annum has been successfully completed in early March 2005.
17 Mar 2005
Borealis increases European polyolefins prices
Borealis announced today that it will increase the price of its polyethylene and polypropylene plastics in Europe by EUR 70 and EUR 50 per tonne respectively as of April 1, 2005.
16 Mar 2005
PE100+ Association’s Board of Directors re-elected
At the annual Member meeting on February 22nd 2005, the PE100+ Association elected Robin Bresser, Borealis Pipe Marketing Manager, as its new President. André Scheelen from BP, the previous President, decided not to stay in the Board of the Association but will keep an active role in the Member meeting. The member companies appreciated Andre Scheelen for his great contribution and leadership in the development of the Association since its foundation in 1999. The newly elected Board members are as follows:
Plant Opening Schwarzheide, 16 March 200515 Mar 2005
CROMPTON CORPORATION AND GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCE MERGER TO CREATE MAJOR NEW SPECIALTY CHEMICALS COMPANY
Middlebury, CT and Indianapolis, IN, March 9, 2005 –Crompton Corporation (NYSE: CK) and Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE: GLK) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for an all-stock merger transaction, which will create the third-largest publicly traded U.S. specialty chemicals company. The new company will have combined pro forma 2004 revenues of more than $4.1 billion and a market capitalization of nearly $3.2 billion. It will hold leading positions in high-value specialty chemical niche businesses including plastics additives, petroleum additives, flame retardants and pool chemicals. Additionally, the combined company will maintain strong positions in castable urethanes and crop protection chemicals.
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