Xiameter Modifies Approach in Regional Markets
Xiameter, Dow Corning’s online sales hub that sells silicones at a discount to customers who require no technical service, says that increasing sales in emerging regions has prompted it to adjust its business processes to meet the needs of individual... Key Changes
Ashland has appointed a new management structure: Lamar Chambers, as senior v.p. and CFO; Robert Craycraft, as president of Ashland Distribution; Peter Rijneveldshoek, as president of Ashland Performance Materials; Paul Raymond, as president of Ashland... |
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People/Executives
Pressure Mounts on Industry to Find and Retain Talent
Chemical firms are finding it ever more difficult to attract and retain the workers that they need, according to speakers on CW’s November 18 webcast “Talent Management: How to Find and Keep the Best Staff.” The dwindling numbers of...
Companies
Metabolix Goes Commercial
Biotechnology firm Metabolix (Cambridge, MA) is nearing the finish line in what has been a more than 10-year endeavor to commercialize polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a family of biobased, biodegradable polymers that are chemically related to polyester...
Emerging Companies
Ineos to Combine Olefins and Polymers Businesses in Europe
Ineos says that on December 1 it will combine its European olefins and polymers businesses, currently operating separately under separate CEOs, to create a combined business to be known as Ineos Olefins &... |
Earnings/Finance
Ineos Faces Tight Deadline on Covenant Waiver Deal
The company must persuade its banks by December 9 to accept its proposals....
M&A
DSM to Divest DSM Deretil to Management
DSM says it has reached an agreement with the management of DSM Deretil, a business unit of DSM Anti-Infectives, on a management buy out. Financial details were not disclosed. The transaction allows DSM Anti-Infectives to fully focus on its core business of generic API’s, and for Deretil to focus on the specific dynamics of the side chain business, DSM says.... |
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