Rohm and Haas Co. said an 18-month review of an "apparently high number" of brain tumors among its employees found no significant links among the cases that would suggest a common cause, such as chemical exposure.
DuPont Co. announced a revamped organizational structure that the company said is designed to implement a series of customer- and market-focused growth and productivity actions announced on Dec. 1, 2003.
BASF has completed its acquisition of Sunoco Inc.'s phthalate plasticizer business, a purchase that includes Sunoco's Pasadena, TX, site, its phthalic anhydride and oxo alcohol manufacturing plants, and the phthalate esters, 2-ethylhexanol, and phthalic anhydride businesses.
Huntsman Tioxide announced plans to relocate its North American sales-management, supply-chain and technical-services operations to Huntsman Corp.'s corporate offices in Houston, TX, and to close its Warrenville, IL, and Toronto offices.
The Dow Chemical Co. has completed the acquisition of Celanese AG's acrylates business, a deal that includes Celanese's acrylates-production assets at Clear Lake, TX, and a product line that includes crude acrylic acid, glacial acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
BASF AG, saying sales growth in the chemicals sector is expected to trail global economic growth over the next decade, announced revisions in its business strategy and introduced a new corporate logo, and said it will direct its biggest investments at businesses that deliver the greatest profitability.
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