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• JOINT VENTURES AND ALLIANCES

  - 2004-02-01

  Akzo Nobel and BASF to Produce Chetates in North America Akzo Nobel (Arnhem, the Netherlands) and BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) are forming a 50-50 joint venture to produce chelates in North America using Akzo Nobel's recently upgraded production facilities at Lima, OH. The companies will jointly own and operate...

  Tags: Air Liquide S.A., Akzo Nobel N.V., BASF AG, The Dow Chemical Co., Union Carbide Corp.

• Economic indicators.

  - 2003-09-15

  PLANT WATCH Company Plant location Office Cherifien des Phosphates ...

  Tags: BASF AG, Gazprom, Union Carbide Corp.

• Clarification.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)

  - 2000-11-20

  AN ARTICLE "BASF Petronas and Optimal Chemicals Sign Strategic Agreement", which appeared in the November 5 Asia-Pacific Report, stated that The Optimal Group is a joint venture between Petronas and Union Carbide Corporation. Sasol, the South African oil company, is not a partner of the Optimal...

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• Competitiveness Narrows Gaps Among Producers.(Statistical Data Included)

  - 1998-08-26

  NOW THAT MERGERS and technological developments have reduced the variables in the production of commodity chemicals, vertical integration is becoming increasingly important to petrochemical producers. However, the benefits of integration attained by the global majors have largely been squandered. Those are two conclusions of a recent...

  Tags: BASF AG, Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Union Carbide Corp.

• Glycol Prices Spike in Europe

  - 1997-03-10

  SECOND QUARTER CONTRACT prices for ethylene oxide/glycol in Europe are expected to reach their highest level since the early 1990s because of a series of production difficulties and shutdowns, as well as a shortage of ethylene. Union Carbide has declared force majeure for...

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• Changes ahead for PE technologies.(polyethylene)

  - 1996-07-17

  Innovations in catalyst technologies have broadened the highly competitive polyethylene PE licensing business. Chemical firms such as Montell Polyolefins, BP Chemicals, Nova Chemicals, DSM and BASF have challenged Union Carbide's leadership in PE licensing by signing licensing deals for their gas-phase and solution-phase technologies. Polymer and resin manufacturers could use...

  Tags: BASF AG, BP Plc, DSM, Montell Polyolefins, NOVA Chemicals Corp., Phillips Petroleum, Union Carbide Corp.