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• China firm seeks JVs for PEEK line.(News)

  - 2008-01-07

  Byline: Nina Ying Sun After joining forces with Degussa AG to make polyetheretherketone, Changchun Jilin University Super Engineering Plastic Products Co. Ltd. is looking to expand its business through a similar approach with other materials. Managing Vice President Chengzhi...

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• Degussa obtains United States patent.

  - 2007-09-01

  Degussa AG (Dusseldorf, Germany) has patented a Rhodococcus polynucleotide cluster which contains nucleotide sequences which encode polypeptides having the activity of a nitrile hydratase, of an auxiliary protein P15K which activates this enzyme and of a cobalt transporter, to transformed microorganisms in which the nucleotide sequences...

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• Degussa AG, Phelps Dodge Corporation & Akzo Nobel N.V. are Just Some of the Competitors Facing Cabot Corporation.

  - 2007-03-16

  M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 2007-Research and Markets: Degussa AG, Phelps Dodge Corporation & Akzo Nobel N.V. are Just Some of the Competitors Facing Cabot Corporation.C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16032007 Dublin: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52247) has announced the addition of Cabot Corporation...

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• PA 12 receives certification for offshore pipelines.(APPLICATIONS)

  - 2007-02-01

  A PA 12 developed by Degussa AG, Germany, has been the first resin of its kind to be approved by Lloyd's Register for use in the manufacture of non-bonded flexible pipes for offshore applications. The PA 12, Vestamid LX9020, which is primarily used for pipes...

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• Degussa highlights VESTAMID[R] LX9020.(H.S.E.)(Brief article)

  - 2007-01-06

  VESTAMID[R] LX9020 of Degussa AG, Germany, is the first polyamide 12 to be granted certification by Lloyd's Register for use in the manufacture of non-bonded flexible pipes for the transport of offshore production & injection fluids, according to the API 17 J "flexible risers" norm, and...

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• Degussa to construct MMA Verbund production in Shanghai.(Production)(manufacture methyl methacrylate)

  - 2006-12-26

  Degussa AG announces on December 5th, 2006 that it plans to construct a major Verbund production integrated production network in Shanghai to manufacture methyl methacrylate MMA and methacrylate specialties. The Degussa Supervisory Board has now given the go-ahead for this facility to be constructed. The investment...

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• Celanese Signs Agreement to Sell Oxo Products and Derivatives Businesses to Advent International

  - 2006-12-13

  DALLAS -- Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its oxo products and derivatives businesses, including European Oxo GmbH ("EOXO"), a joint venture between Celanese AG and Degussa AG, to Advent International, a global private equity firm, for the purchase price of EUR...

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• Degussa AG obtains United States patent.

  - 2006-12-01

  Degussa AG (Dusseldorf, Germany) has patented Coryneform bacteria which have, in addition to at least one copy, present at the natural site locus, of an open reading frame ORF, gene or allele which codes for the synthesis of a protein or an RNA, in each case a...

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• Degussa AG obtains United States patent.

  - 2006-12-01

  Degussa AG (Duesseldorf, Germany) has patented nucleotide sequences from Coryneform bacteria which code for the PtsI protein, and a process for the fermentative preparation of amino acids using bacteria in which the ptsI gene is enhanced. (US 7,160,703)

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• Degussa AG plans global PEEK push.(polyetheretherketone)(Brief article)

  - 2006-10-23

  Byline: Gurdip Singh Degussa AG has set up a global marketing team for high-performance polymers, especially PEEK, said Kenny Chee, director of Asia-Pacific sales and marketing for Degussa high-performance polymers. Degussa's 80-20 joint venture, JIDA Degussa High Performance Polymers Changchun Co....

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