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...This week it emerged that it had built a new position in Arkema, the French chemicals group, to complement its stakes in Pernod Ricard and IT services company Altran....
...The illegal imports are costing the five big manufacturers of fluorocarbons for Europe — Orbia/Koura, Honeywell and Chemours of the US, France’s Arkema, and Japan’s Daikin — about $500m in lost profits a...
...There has been particular concern over a plant east of Houston that is owned by Arkema of France and was storing organic peroxides that needed to be kept cool to remain stable....
...Patrick Pouyanné, Total’s head of refining and chemicals, said: “Joining France’s leading chemicals company would give Bostik the resources it needs to pursue its industrial and commercial development.”...
...Lyon’s chief claim for “green chemistry” resides in Axelera, set up in 2005 by Arkema, Rhodia and GDF Suez as France’s only chemicals and environment industrial cluster....
...France’s Arkema, Ems-Chemie of Switzerland and Japan’s Ube Industries are its major competitors....
...Mr Thiam, a former senior executive at Aviva and cabinet member in the Ivory Coast government, does not have other external directorships, although he is a former non-executive director of Arkema, the French...
...Tidjane was a non-executive director of Arkema in France until November 2009, when he resigned from the Arkema board....
...at Prudential”, according to Arkema....
...Arkema, the French chemicals group, lost 6.7 per cent to €26.2 after posting a third-quarter net loss of €3m....
...Arkema, BASF’s French peer, rose 7.3 per cent to €29.45. Switzerland’s Clariant was up 7.3 per cent to SFr11.03 and Germany’s Wacker Chemie gained 6.3 per cent to €114.69....
...However, it upgraded Arkema from “in line” to “outperform” and Akzo Nobel from “underperform” to “in line”....
...Arkema France and Elf Aquitaine were ordered to pay €59.02m ($91.6m, £46.7m) for participating in price-fixing arrangements in the sodium chlorate market between 1994 and 2000....
...Brussels declined to identify the companies involved, but Dutch group Akzo Nobel, Finland’s Kemira and France’s Arkema confirmed they had received the statement....
...I am shocked that companies like ICI and Arkema have been fined once again....
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