Dutch giant DSM invests in plastics start-up
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Carbon-dioxide-to-plastics company Novomer attracts DSM, a Dutch conglomerate that makes everything from food enzymes to pharmaceuticals to chemicals.
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The paper products giant has plans in store for its record cash flows.
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Hexion Specialty Chemicals today announced it plans to debottleneck its VERSATIC(TM) Acid plant in Pernis, The Netherlands to increase plant capacity by more than 10 percent.
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French food group Danone ,  which is finalizing a 12.3 billion-euro ($17 billion) agreed  bid for Dutch baby-food and special nutrition company Numico  (NUMCc.AS), has already acquired 26.4 percent of Numico,  regulatory filings showed on Wednesday.
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Boston Scientific Corp. said yesterday it bought a stake in a San Diego maker of vascular stents made from plastic that biodegrades within patients' bodies, a potentially major advance.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 6--Growth in Grand Forks has propelled Denmark-based LM Glasfiber toward national recognition.
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BP said it had agreed to buy Chevronâs manufacturing company in the Netherlands, Texaco Raffinaderij Pernis, for about $900 million, excluding working capital and hydrocarbon inventory. BP will acquire Chevronâs 31 percent minority shareholding in the Netherlands Refining Company as well as Chevronâs stake in the jointly owned wind farm located at the refinery; shareholdings in the nearby crude oil terminal and storage facility; and a number of associated pipelines. The deal, which is expected to be completed during the first half of the year, would make the refinery a 100 percent BP- owned asset.
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By Shahrum Sayuthi  A JAPANESE-German joint venture to manufacture high-grade industrial plastic production hopes to strengthen its position in the region with the opening of a US$40 million (RM146 million) plant in Pahang.
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Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--Mitsui Chemicals Inc.  said Wednesday it will spend some 6 billion yen to boost its production capacity of cycloolefin copolymer, a material for pickup lens used in DVD players and recorders.
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Jeremy MacNealy takes in-depth look into DSW's super-successful supply-chain model.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe&#39;s second-largest oil company, will boost investment in its European oil and gas unit by $150 million to $1.
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain&#39;s  third-biggest supermarket group, confirmed it had received a  preliminary bid approach from Qatari investment group Delta  Two.
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Nova Chemicals Corp., Canada&#39;s largest chemical maker, and BP Plc, Europe&#39;s biggest oil company, agreed to merge their European styrenics polymer businesses into a 50-50 venture to reduce costs.
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The two companies are targeting customers that have invested in a services-oriented architecture.
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Dutch financial group SNS Reaal  said on Monday it will acquire the Dutch insurance operations of France's AXA  for 1.75 billion euros ($2.35 billion), which will be partly funded by an equity issue.
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The wood furniture maker uses a niche strategy to work around industry problems.
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British company Rexam, the world&#39;s biggest maker of beverage cans, said Monday it had agreed to buy US group O-I Plastics for 1.825 billion dollars in cash.