industry > industry > Chemicals Chemicals Dow wins $2.2 bn in damages from Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries 07 May 2013 Grasim Q4 net up marginally at Rs818 crore 04 May 2013 Dow Chemicals wins $2.48 bn arbitration award over scrapped Kuwait JV 05 March 2013 US chemical company A Schulman launches $563 mn unsolicited bid for Ferro Corp 04 March 2013 LyondellBasell reports 2012 net income of $2.83 billion 01 February 2013 Om Group to sell downstream business to Freeport-McMoRan led JV for $435 mn 22 January 2013 Perdeman embroils ICICI Bank in battle with Lanco 10 January 2013 Clariant Chemicals sells part of India business to SK Capital for Rs3,029 cr 27 December 2012 US specialty chemicals firm Innospec withdraws $745 mn bid for TPC Group 04 December 2012 US specialty chemicals maker Innospec raises bid for TPC Group to $744 mn 15 November 2012 Gulf Oil acquires US specialty chemicals firm Houghton for $1.05 bn 07 November 2012 Hindujas set to acquire US chemicals firm Houghton for $1.1 billion 03 November 2012 Potash Corp in talks to buy Israel Chemical 01 November 2012 BASF to invest Rs1,000 cr in new Dahej plant 26 October 2012 HC upholds notice to Dow in Bhopal disaster case 22 October 2012 Ecolab to buy oilfield specialty chemicals company Champion Technologies for $2.2 bn 12 October 2012 PE firm Advent International to buy coating resins business of Cytec for $1.03 bn 10 October 2012 Innospec launches $721-mn bid for rival specialty chemicals maker TPC Group 09 October 2012 Hinduja Group in the lead to buy specialty chemicals maker Houghton International: report 05 October 2012 BASF to acquire US agrochem firm Becker Underwood for $1.02 bn 21 September 2012 Royal DSM in talks to buy Cargill's culture and enzymes business 20 September 2012 Chemicals companies to focus on M&As, new products to boost growth: KPMG 18 September 2012 German firm, GIZ backs out of Bhopal waste clean-up project 18 September 2012 Nearly 40 burnt to death as fireworks factory catches fire in Sivakasi 05 September 2012 Sirius Minerals plans $6-bn UK potash mine 04 September 2012 Carlyle Group buys DuPont’s coating business for $4.9 bn 31 August 2012 First Reserve, SK Capital to buy chemicals firm TPC for $850 mn 28 August 2012 Rockwood Holdings buys Talison Lithium for C$724 mn 24 August 2012 Specialty chemicals maker TPC Group enters talks to go private for $600 mn: report 26 July 2012 Three PE firms submit final bids for DuPont’s vehicle paint unit: report 25 July 2012 Georgia Gulf to buy PPG Industries' commodity chemicals business for $2.1 bn 19 July 2012 Production restarts at Grasim’s Nagda plant 10 July 2012 Germany’s industrial gases supplier Linde AG to acquire Lincare for $4.6 bn 02 July 2012 US court says Union Carbide not liable in Bhopal tragedy 28 June 2012 US specialty chemicals firm Cabot Corp to buy Norit NV for $1.1 billion 22 June 2012 Air Products to acquire 67 % in Chile’s Indura SA for $884 mn 20 June 2012 Evonik owner RAG drops IPO plans amid weak support 19 June 2012 Samsonite recalls Tokyo Chic suitcase in Hong Kong over carcinogens in handles 18 June 2012 Union Carbide’s toxic waste in Bhopal to be disposed in Germany 08 June 2012 Yara joint venture with Orica and Apache to set up TAN plant in Burrup peninsula 21 May 2012 Haldia Petrochem tussle: HC refuses to stay arbitration 05 May 2012 KCI to acquire Switzerland based APAG Group 23 April 2012 BASF setting up Rs1,000-crore facility at Dahej 11 April 2012 Sony Corp to sell chemical product unit to Development Bank of Japan 22 March 2012 Morgan Stanley Asia fund invests $300 mn in China's Tianhe Chemicals 21 March 2012 Dow used Stratfor to spy on Bhopal activists: WikiLeaks 27 February 2012 DuPont, Yingli Green Energy in $100 million solar energy pact 14 February 2012 Eastman Chemical to acquire Solutia Inc for $3.38 bn 27 January 2012 Only 42 Bhopal gas victims severely hit, insists government 13 January 2012 Aditya Birla Group to invest $500 million in Turkey VSF project 30 December 2011 Mexichem raises takeover offer for Dutch rival Wavin to €505 million 26 December 2011 H B Fuller to buy Forbo's industrial adhesives business for $395 mn 22 December 2011 Apollo Global acquires Belgian chemicals firm Taminco for €1.4 bn 17 December 2011 Government extends sops for engineering, pharma and chemical exports 16 December 2011 Apex court allows export of unused stock of endosulfan 15 December 2011 GMDC in fluorspar JV with Gujarat Fluorochemicals and Navin Florine 13 December 2011 DuPont lowers 2011 earnings guidance 10 December 2011 Lyondell Chemical buys back long-term secured bonds 08 November 2011 DuPont Co mulls $4 billion sale of auto and vehicle paint division: report 29 October 2011 Israel Chemicals unit acquires Hammond 's Halox division 05 October 2011 US chemical firm PolyOne to buy ColorMatrix for $486 million 04 October 2011 No takers for LyondellBasell's French refinery 30 September 2011 India slaps provisional anti-dumping duty on morpholine imports from US, EU and China 24 September 2011 Tata Chemicals, Church & Dwight, and FMC form air pollution control JV in US 23 September 2011 Halliburton to acquire production chemicals company Multi-Chem Group 07 September 2011 Kiri Dyes take over SSP plant of Bodal Chemicals 29 August 2011 Tata Chemicals to boost its stake in Canada’s EPM Mining Ventures to 30.6 per cent 24 August 2011 Court dismisses Perdaman Chemicals' law suit against Lanco Infratech 12 August 2011 India signs another potash deal with Israel Chemicals at $490 per ton 12 August 2011 Indian fertiliser companies finally sign annual potash supply deals with cartels 05 August 2011 New catalysts for use in drug discovery, biotechnology may be be in the offing 29 July 2011 Clorox again rejects Icahn’s takeover offer 27 July 2011 Dow Chemical, Aramco to build $20 billion chemicals complex in Saudi Arabia 25 July 2011 Carl Icahn corners Clorox with 13-bn bid 21 July 2011 Ecolab likely to buy Nalco Holding for $8 billion: report 20 July 2011 Ecolab, Nalco to merge in $8.1-bn deal 20 July 2011 Clorox rejects Icahn's $12.6-bn bid, adopts shareholder rights plan 19 July 2011 PE firm Audax puts liquid colour maker ColorMatrix for sale 16 July 2011 DuPont plans centre in Pune with automotive focus 15 July 2011 Swiss specialty chemicals firm Lonza to buy US rival Arch Chemicals for $1.2 bn 11 July 2011 Carlyle Group invests Rs112 crore in Visen Industries 24 June 2011 3i sells KemFine to CABB 22 June 2011 US carbon black maker Columbian Chem now in Birla hands 22 June 2011 Chemical company Ashland to buy International Specialty Products for $3.2 bln 01 June 2011 Kerala government stops endosulfan production at Hindustan Insecticides 28 May 2011 Tata Chemicals acquires indirect stake in EPM Mining of US 27 May 2011 Tata Chemicals' FY'11 net profit up nearly 8 per cent at Rs654 crore 23 May 2011 DuPont acquires Danish food ingredient maker Danisco 16 May 2011 RPM International plans open offer for 20% more of Kemrock 13 May 2011 SC refuses to revisit verdict in Bhopal gas disaster case 11 May 2011 Dow to integarate shale gas business in North America 21 April 2011 Aditya Birla Group acquires Kanoria Chemicals unit for Rs830 crore 16 April 2011 Tata Chemicals in consultancy pact with Nigeria's Notore Chemical Industries 13 April 2011 Sudarshan Chemicals completes Phase 1 upgradation of Roha facility with Rs100 crore investment 05 April 2011 DuPont extends $6-billion offer for Danisco till 29 April 30 March 2011 Bhopal toxic waste not to be burnt at Pithampur; may be shipped out 26 March 2011 26 years after Bhopal, CBI seeks Anderson’s extradition 23 March 2011 Dow, UCC puzzled by government's change of stance 01 March 2011 LyondellBasell working to bridge production disruptions due to fire at Texas unit 12 February 2011 RPG Group, Aditya Birla in bid to buy Evonik 31 January 2011 Birla Carbon to acquire Columbian Chemicals 31 January 2011 Tata Chemcials to invest $100 million to expand US soda ash capacity 28 January 2011 Aditya Birla Group in talks to buy Columbian Chemicals for Rs4,100 crore 21 January 2011 Dow AgroSciences Identifies Lead Molecule in Collaboration with GVK Biosciences 12 January 2011 ChemChina to acquire controlling stake in Makhteshim in a $2.4 billion deal 10 January 2011 LyondellBasell sells flavors and fragrances business to Pinova Holdings for $150 million 23 December 2010 France’s Rhodia set to acquire PI Polymer 22 December 2010 Tata Chemicals buys British Salt for Rs656 crore 20 December 2010 Sumitomo Chemical acquires New Chemi Industries 17 December 2010 Bayer to invest €1 bn in five projects in China 09 December 2010 Siam Cement to sell stake in PTT Chemical for $1.1 billion 09 December 2010 Israel Chemicals offers to buy Scotts' Global Professional for $270 million 07 December 2010 Petronas, BASF plan $1.3-bn chemical plant in Malaysia 07 December 2010 Govt moves SC seeking more for Bhopal gas victims 04 December 2010 Lubrizol opens application and business centre in Mumbai 03 December 2010 Megatrends to propel global chemical industry achieve high growth: Deloitte 22 November 2010 DuPont to acquire sulfuric acid plant maker MECS Inc 13 November 2010 LyondellBasell appoints Bhavesh Patel as senior VP-olefins and polyolefins 09 November 2010 Canada says no to BHP's $40-bn hostile bid for Potash Corp 04 November 2010 BHP’s Potash Corp takeover bid finds favour with Investment Canada 02 November 2010 Indian dyes major acquires US operations of DyStar Group 02 November 2010 Nanoscopic particles resist full encapsulation, Sandia simulations show 29 October 2010 India not to pursue Bhopal tragedy case in US courts 29 October 2010 DCW in pact with Rockwood Italia for synthetic iron oxide technology 14 October 2010 LyondellBasell lists shares on NYSE 09 October 2010 Hungary initiates criminal probe into toxic sludge accident 07 October 2010 Rio Tinto eyes stake in Russian potash miner Uralkali 09 September 2010 SC reopens Bhopal gas disaster case on CBI plea 01 September 2010 Centre to cough up Rs310 crore for Bhopal cleanup 21 August 2010 US denies pressuring India to go easy on Dow 20 August 2010 No ban on Union Carbide, says minister 19 August 2010 BHP Billiton goes hostile for Canada’s Potash Corp acquisition 18 August 2010 Canada’s Potash Corp rejects BHP Billiton’s $38.6 -bn cash takeover bid 17 August 2010 Bhopal still nursing over 350 tonnes of toxic waste 06 August 2010 CBI files fresh plea in Bhopal gas disaster case 03 August 2010 Delhi High Court rejects Sumitomo Chemical's plea against Delhi municipality 27 July 2010 Chlorine gas leak affects scores in Mumbai 14 July 2010 Ramesh apologises for secret removal of Carbide’s toxic waste in 2008 12 July 2010 Jubilant Organosys to hive off non-pharma biz, amalgamate other units 08 July 2010 Exposure to flame retardants linked to changes in thyroid hormones 06 July 2010 LyondellBasell's Houston refinery unit back in production 02 July 2010 Dow once again washes hands of Bhopal disaster 23 June 2010 BASF to acquire speciality chemicals maker Cognis for €3.1 billion 23 June 2010 India to examine Dow's liability in Bhopal tragedy 22 June 2010 Dow disclaims all liability for Bhopal disaster 22 June 2010 Dow likely to escape liability 22 June 2010 Grounds exist for extraditing Anderson, feels GoM 22 June 2010 Dow chief, Andrew Liveris, to skip Indo-US CEO forum meet 22 June 2010 BASF close to acquiring Cognis in a potential €3 billion deal 21 June 2010 Government to file fresh plea in Bhopal gas case 21 June 2010 MP must bear brunt of Bhopal clean-up effort, decides GoM 21 June 2010 NanoEngineers print and test chemical censors on elastic waistbands of underwear 19 June 2010 Rs982 crore sanctioned for Bhopal, ahead of a GoM meeting 18 June 2010 PM asks panel on Bhopal gas disaster to report in 10 days 14 June 2010 Commerce ministry okayed Carbide sale to Dow despite objections: report 14 June 2010 Dow may have escaped liability: Khursheed 14 June 2010 Pleas for Warren Anderson's extradition grow louder 14 June 2010 US backtracks; says ‘may consider’ Anderson extradition 12 June 2010 Orchid Chemicals to take over US-based Karalex Pharma 10 June 2010 BASF to sell hydrophilic melt additives business to Techmer PM 09 June 2010 Bhopal verdict could impact nuclear liability bill: Moily 08 June 2010 Brown chemists report promising advance in fuel-cell technology 08 June 2010 Bhopal gas disaster: 26 years later, eight convicted 07 June 2010 Carrier Aircon developing safe CFC substitutes 04 June 2010 Century partially suspends tyre yarn production at Kalyan plant 21 May 2010 Honeywell, DuPont in joint venture to make new auto refrigerant 20 May 2010 LyondellBasell to emerge stronger from bankruptcy 24 April 2010 Eastman to divest PET business; reports 39 per cent jump in revenues 24 April 2010 LyondellBasell wins Toyota awards for quality and supply consistency 22 April 2010 International team discovers element 117 09 April 2010 LyondellBasell privately places $2.75 billion in senior secured notes 25 March 2010 New material traps radioactive ions using "Venus flytrap" method 23 March 2010 LyondellBasell launches new, stiffer LDPE packaging film in US 19 March 2010 LyondellBasell plans $3.25 billion debt financing for Lyondell Chemical 12 March 2010 LyondellBasell prefers restructuring to Reliance offer 08 March 2010 Dow sells Styron division to Bain Capital for $1.63 billion 03 March 2010 Apollo may gain as LyondellBasell rejects Reliance's $14.5 billion bid: report 02 March 2010 LyondellBasell to shut polypropylene plant in Italy 27 February 2010 Airgas rejects Air Products' $7 billion buyout offer 23 February 2010 RIL in deal with LyondellBasell for super-voting power: reports 22 February 2010 LyondellBasell-creditor deal hampers RIL's acquisition plans 17 February 2010 LyondellBasell says agreement with creditors clears way for bankruptcy exit 16 February 2010 Air Products launches $5.1 billion unsolicited bid for Airgas 05 February 2010 LyondellBasell to showcase new automotive plastics at German conference 04 February 2010 Bayer acquires global marketing rights for Durflex 03 February 2010 Ineos Group sells fluorochemicals unit to Mexichem Fluor 03 February 2010 Polyurethane rigid foam behind new, cost-saving insulation technique 21 January 2010 US FDA expresses concerns over possible BPA health risks 16 January 2010 Eastman acquires specialty polymers company in China 16 January 2010 LyondellBasell launches new PP resin for rainwater harvesting 15 January 2010 LyondellBasell's `Moplen' resin used to replace steel in cleaning equipment 11 January 2010 Bain Capital to take over 35 per cent stake in Himadri Chemicals 02 January 2010 LyondellBasell announces $18-billion creditor-supported reorganisation plan 24 December 2009 RIL adopts wait-and-watch policy on LyondellBassel bid 15 December 2009 LyondellBasell in licensing pact with Hyundai unit for Indian market 11 December 2009 Nufarm extends talks on Sinochem $2.5-billion takeover offer 03 December 2009 Bankrupt LyondellBasell to shut down 1,10,000-tonne polypropylene plant 03 December 2009 New regulatory legislation to add costs to chemical exports to EU 28 November 2009 Andhra backtracks on opening Carbide site to visitors 27 November 2009 25 Years after midnight: Bhopal tragedy revisited 25 November 2009 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 Albemarle Corporation acquires controlling stake in antioxidant JV in China 03 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 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 Dow Chem ties up with Gujarat Alkalies 03 July 2007 Huntsman to Acquire Baroda Division of Metrochem Industries 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 Completes sale of Oxo products and derivatives businesses 18 June 2007 Celanese Corporation completes acquisition of Acetate Products Limited 18 June 2007 Huntsman acquires majority stake in Saudi polyurethane JV 18 June 2007 ICI rejects $14.2 billion cash bid by Akzo Nobel 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  search domain-b    go
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