Volume 171 • Number 1
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Dow Chemical’s planned sale of its UCAR Emulsion Systems specialty latex business in North America, may some face difficulties, according to one industry analyst. The company may not be able to find a buyer for the entire business and be forced to sell off the monomer and polymer assets of the business separately, Dan Watson, v.p./emulsions and Far East business at Chemark Consulting Group (Southern Pines, NC) tells CW.
36 Olin declares force majeure at several chlor-alkali plants
36 Benzene prices may have bottomed out
37 CW Price Report
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40 Chemical stocks make gains
20 India’s ONGC outlines petchem investment plan
● Axens licenses aromatics process to
Kazakhstam
● Uhde awarded aromatics contract in China
● Completion of
Q-Chem II ethylene unit is delayed
● Foster Wheeler lands Thai HPPO deal
● BASF expands polyisobutene capacity at Ludwigshafen
● Lurgi builds second-generation biofuel plant in Germany
23 Digest
● OM Group licenses Rahu catalyst technology for coatings
● Market for integrated circuit process chemicals rises
5 Viewpoint
7 Publisher’s Page
39 Key Changes
39 Leading Indicator
38 Marketplace
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