All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Industrial

First, Dow moved its upstream chemical businesses into a JV with the Kuwaitis, to protect itself against increasing feedstock prices.  Now it is acquiring Rohm & Haas to position itself as a downstream 'solution provider'.  Some may see this as a high-risk strategy.  But the real...

Sanctioning Iran or Zimbabwe or any such nations is a bad approach to politics as well as economics. It is true as the writer says that the US efforts on sanctions are not coordinated, worse , these measures are never properly enforced and loopholes benefit a select few. More importantly, ecnomic sanctions,...

Significant overlaps in the Acrylic Acid chain ranging from monomers through to polymers particularly in North America will require some portfolio adjustments. There will be further industry changes as a result. Dow brings some key raw material synergies.

    The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit striking down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) will affect emissions control spending in the immediate term.

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the EPA’s Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) to reduce NOx and SO2 in 28 Eastern United States.  This follows a court decision striking down EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR).      ...

The world enzyme market is growing by 5.5-6%/yr as use in food and feed increases. Demand is being driven by the increasing desire by food and feed manufactures to find replacements for emulsifiers, acids, and antibiotics.

·         BASF is studying biofilms (bacterial communities) that form on surfaces such as water pipes and medical devices.  ·         Speakers at BASF’s Symposium on Biofilms emphasized that understanding...

The article and the fact of US trade with Iran brings forward the almost laughable state of diplomatic policy in the US. Another reason why the sanctioned nations do not fret all that much under sanctions, especially those initially imposed. While diplomatic searches to avoid armed conflict are in everyone's...

Huntsman Corp has sued Apollo Management for false representation of their $10.6 billion merger agreement.         Hexion (owned by Apollo) filed a suit earlier this month to relieve its obligation to purchase  Huntsman.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals sued Huntsman Corp to end their $10.6 billion merger. Hexion’s case is built on their assertion that the capital structure of the deal “is no longer viable because of Huntsman’s increased net debt and lower than expected earnings”.