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• Arkema doubles capacity of hydrogen peroxide in Shanghai.(Inorganics)

  - 2008-12-04

  French chemical company Arkema, the third largest producer of hydrogen peroxide worldwide, announces it has doubled capacity at its hydrogen peroxide plant in Wujing, Shanghai to 80 000 t/a in order to meet the growing demand from Asian markets. On October 21st, Arkema...

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  - 2008-10-13

  French chemical major Arkema is building a 50 000 t/year 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate facility using a new proprietary process. The plant is scheduled to come onstream at the Carling, France, site in late 2009.

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  - 2008-09-29

  Frederic Marot-Achillas has been appointed managing director of the technical polymers business unit of French chemical producer Arkema. Marot-Achillas previous role as managing director of the PVC business unit will be filled by Bertrand Jausseme who joins Arkema from Samsung Total Petrochemicals where he was senior vice president for purchasing,...

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  - 2008-08-25

  French chemical company Arkema has promoted Marie-Pierre Chevallier from group president of the hydrogen peroxide business unit to group president of the acrylics business unit. Xavier Durand-Delacre will fill Chevallier's previous role.

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• The European Commission has approved 46m [euro] of funding by OSEO, the French public body that provides funding and assistance for industrial innovation, for the 107m [euro] Genesis programme, coordinated by French chemical major Arkema

  - 2008-07-07

  The European Commission has approved 46m [euro] of funding by OSEO, the French public body that provides funding and assistance for industrial innovation, for the 107m [euro] Genesis programme, coordinated by French chemical major Arkema. Genesis involves industry and academia in the European development of nanostructured materials.

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• Olefin major LyondellBasell's Ethacryl polycarboxylates business has been acquired by Coatex, the specialty acrylic polymer subsidiary of French chemical major Arkema, to broaden its range of flow additives

  - 2008-06-23

  Olefin major LyondellBasell's Ethacryl polycarboxylates business has been acquired by Coatex, the specialty acrylic polymer subsidiary of French chemical major Arkema, to broaden its range of flow additives. No financial details were disclosed.

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  - 2008-02-11

  Pierre Chanoine will be appointed to the executive committee of Arkema at the start of February. He replaces Phillipe Goebel

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• French chemical major Arkema is acquiring the polymethylmethacrylate sheet and block production business of Spanish oil and gas company, Repsol YPF, including production sites in Bronderslev, Denmark, and Polivar, Italy

  - 2008-01-14

  French chemical major Arkema is acquiring the polymethylmethacrylate PMMA sheet and block production business of Spanish oil and gas company, Repsol YPF, including production sites in Bronderslev, Denmark, and Polivar, Italy. The business has annual sales of around 30m [euro].

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  - 2008-01-14

  French chemical major Arkema is reorganising its organic peroxides production site in Crosby, Texas, US, part of its Functional Additives business, to improve its competitiveness with an associated loss of 26 jobs.

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• Kemira Oyj completes acquisition of Arkema's coagulant business for water treatment

  - 2007-12-03

  NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-3 December 2007-Kemira Oyj completes acquisition of Arkema's coagulant business for water treatmentC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish chemicals group Kemira Oyj said on Monday (3 December) that the transaction by which Kemira Chimie S.A. in France and Kemira Iberica SA in Spain acquire Arkema's coagulant business...

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