Chemical News

Albemarle Corporation plans to form a joint venture with China's Weigan Sinobrom Import and Export Company to make bromines. via KATC-TV Lafayette

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Three former lead paint companies found liable for creating a public nuisance argued to Rhode Island's highest court today that the verdict should be overturned. via WDTN-TV Dayton

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ST. PAUL, Minn. - 3M announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IMTEC Corp., a manufacturer of dental implants and cone beam computed tomography scanning equipment for dental and ... via Earth Times

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Three companies -- BASF of Germany, Syngenta of Switzerland and Monsanto of St. Louis -- have filed applications to control nearly two-thirds of the climate-related gene families submitted to patent offices ... via KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

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Thursday, May 15, 2008 By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Livestock and Monsanto Company have signed a Letter of Intent for using collective expertise to expand cotton ... via The News

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“PPG looks forward to an exciting future as a business partner in Northern Nevada”

PPG Industries' new facility in Reno will improve the company's ability to serve paint stores and dealers in the Western states, the company says. via Aftermarket Business

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The chairman and CEO of tape and Post-it maker 3M Co. says it will aim to get more growth in the U.S. even as the economy slows down.

George Buckley told shareholders at the company's annual meeting that the weaker U.S. economy will require more effort than usual to be successful.

3M is a diversified manufacturer that makes Scotch tape, furnace filters, Post-it notes, and power lines. Sixty-three percent of its sales came from outside the U.S. last year. But the U.S. remains its single biggest market. Read more

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“In all likelihood, this is the end of the aprotinin story”

Bayer AG, the maker of the drug Trasylol, said it is still deciding what to do and is awaiting details from the Canadian study. via 2NEWS.TV

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“By integrating our companies' strengths and expertise in this new venture, we are significantly increasing the potential to make cellulosic ethanol from multiple non-food sources an economic reality around the world.”

US chemicals giant DuPont and Danish group Danisco said Wednesday they are creating a global company to produce cellulosic ethanol, a renewable biofuel produced from non-food sources. via Maktoob Business

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The chemicals business has gone through massive shifts in the past, and it's high time for another one, according to Christopher Gann, the CEO of Genomatica, who recently left a cushy position at industry giant ... via Local Tech Wire

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