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Osaka chemical factory explosion kills 4
OSAKA — An explosion occurred in a chemical factory here on Thursday morning, killing four people, police said. The explosion occurred near an 8-meter-high boron trifluoride storage tank at Morita Chemical Industries Co.’s Kanzakigawa Plant in Osaka’s Yodogawa Ward. The four who died were working on top of the tank at the time. Osaka Prefectural […]
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DuPont acquired Chemtura Fluorine Chemicals Business
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) operates a range of products and services for markets, including agriculture and food, building and construction, electronics and communications, general industrial, and transportation. The Company is organized in six segments: Agriculture & Nutrition, Coatings & Color Technologies, Electronic & Communication Technologies, Performance Materials, Safety & Protection […]
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US Fluoropolymer Demand to Reach $1.7 Billion in 2013
US demand for fluoropolymers will rise 4.5 percent per year to $1.7 billion in 2013. Gains will represent an acceleration from the pace of the 2003-2008 period, during which the fluoropolymer market was hampered by weakness in the manufacturing sector. Going forward, fluoropolymer demand will be driven by a turnaround in key markets such as […]
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Trends in the fluorochemicals industry
Title: “The credibility of a supplier as a reliable brand is a huge differentiator in today’s competitive world” …states Roop Salotra, president and CEO – Chemicals Business and Packaging Films Business, SRF Ltd. A graduate in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Salotra joined SRF in 1989 as the sales and marketing head […]
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New discovery: fluorinated molecules are made “under mild biological conditions”
(Media-Newswire.com) – Scientists at the University of St Andrews have created exotic biological compounds in a test tube by uncovering some of Nature’s chemical secrets. The development for preparing fluorinated chemicals, an important group of compounds which comprise commercial entities such as Teflon and Prozac, could help the multibillion dollar industry which currently makes the […]
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Daikin: Decatur beats China: Plant expansion goes to River City
Excerpts: (The Decatur Daily (AL) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 2– … Daikin Industries chose Decatur over China for a plant expansion The $66 million expansion will create at least 25 jobs. With the national economy so shaky, it is great news, Fowler said… David Hendrixson, Daikin plant manager, said he expects to break ground […]
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SDK to Expand Fluorine Business by Acquiring U.K. Company
Tokyo, Sept 25, 2008 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has reached agreement with Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Asahi), Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi), and MITENI S.p.A. (MITENI) to purchase all the shares of their joint venture F2 Chemicals Limited (F2 Chemicals), of the United Kingdom. Asahi, Mitsubishi, and Mitsubishi’s Italian subsidiary MITENI are scheduled […]
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Presstek reaches agreement to compensate for 2006 chemical spill in South Hadley
SOUTH HADLEY – Presstek has agreed to pay $31,975 and perform a supplemental environmental project to resolve violations related to a chemical spill at one of the company’s South Hadley facilities, which is now closed. On Oct. 30, 2006, 751 pounds of hydrofluoric acid, a hazardous chemical, were released to the environment through a ventilation […]
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Louisville, Kentucky: Du Pont considers $178 million vinyl fluoride/Tedlar project
West Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood — hard hit by job cuts in recent years — finally might be getting a bit of good employment news. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., the Wilmington, Del.-based chemical company, is considering an expansion of its long-running Freon plant at 4200 Camp Ground Road. It closed its neighboring Neoprene […]
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Du Pont considers $178 million project
West Louisville’s Rubbertown neighborhood — hard hit by job cuts in recent years — finally might be getting a bit of good employment news. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., the Wilmington, Del.-based chemical company, is considering an expansion of its long-running Freon plant at 4200 Camp Ground Road. It closed its neighboring Neoprene […]
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