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Features the Frankfurt, Germany-based chemical manufacturer Celanese AG. Sales and earnings in 1998; Acetate and acetyl products, chemical intermediates, ticona and performance products produced by the firm; Management strategy employed by chief executive Claudio Sonder. INSET: Celanese returns to New York exchange..

Focuses on Germany-based chemical company Wacker-Chemie GmbH. Financial performance in 2004; Product development strategies; Research and development strategies.

The article focuses on German chemical company Grillo-Werke's direct combination of methane and sulfur trioxide to make methanesulfonic acid (MSA). Topics include the methane's limited reactivity, reaction temperature, and statement of chemical company BASF regarding the applicability of MSA. Also mentioned are the biodegradability of MSA, direct sulfonation and oxidation of methane.

The article reports on the opening of a polysilicon facility by Wacher Chemie at its site in Nünchritz, Germany.

The article focuses on the business performance of chemical firm BASF AG in Germany. It states that the firm dropped its sales to 19% in 2009, while its earnings were only half of what it earned in 2008. It mentions that the company recovered in 2010 due to the demand in chemical output. Moreover, the company expects that its global industrial production will grow by 5%. It also tells that other chemical firms including Kemira and DSM plan to cut their cost to increase the earnings.

Information on the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, held in Hamburg, Germany to extend the scope of solar energy is presented. The common theme of the conference is to improve solar-cell encapsulating materials. An alliance of chemical companies such as E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and Applied Materials Inc. showed new products with the purpose to reduce the cost and raise the efficiency of photovoltaic panels made of crystalline silicon or thin-film materials.

The article reports on the agreements signed by Dow Chemical Co. and Air Products & Chemicals Inc. to examine the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies of coal-fired power plants. The agreement was steered by a scientific report on the entrapment of carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestered underground in deep-formation waters. It also discusses the specific moves of the two chemical companies to test the technologies of various power plants in U.S. and Germany.

The article reports that Germany-based chemical company BASF AG has conducted a full carbon analysis of its operations. The company found that its products save three times more greenhouse gas emissions than are created during their manufacture and disposal. A BASF executive that it is the extensive customer savings that allow the company to call itself greenhouse gas negative.

The article reports on the launching of a new chain of carbon dioxide-based dry cleaning technique of Linde AG in Germany. Linde declared at a press conference that it has plans of capturing 20 percent of the European dry cleaning industry. It is converting 24 subsisting dry cleaning stores of Hangers to the Fred Butler name. And it also aims to establish 10 more stores before the year 2006 ends.

The article focuses on the establishment of the new custom chemical manufacturing company, Saltigo. Saltigo debuted at the CPhI pharmaceutical chemicals conference in Madrid, Spain. Company officials also touted the company at a January 31, 2006 reception in Düsseldorf, Germany. And it further settled its presence in the industry at the Informex trade show in February 2006 in Orlando, Florida.

Discusses the pharmaceutical contract manufacturing business of BASF Corp. in Germany. Posting of strong sales gains at the time of malaise in the chemical business; Improvement of the company's advanced intermediates business; Success in the leadership of Antonio Germani.

Reports on the acquisition of the drug firm Genovation Inc. by drug development services company Evotec OAI in Germany. Terms of the deal; Role of the Evotech scientist to perform chemical screening; Plan of Evotec to provide chemistry services to the drug industry.

Analyzes the implications of the scheduled split of Frankfurt, Germany-based Celanese from Hoechst on October 25, 1995. Oversupply of commodity chemicals in the market; Financial performance of Celanese; Settlement of claims on use of Celanese's polybutylene terephthalate in defective plumbing pipe.

Focuses on plans for the expansion of the cyclic guanosime monophosphate (cGMP) development capability of the pharmaceutical intermediates facility of AlliedSignal Inc.'s specialty chemicals business in Seelze, Germany. Highlights of the multi-million dollar expansion; Rationale behind the expansion; Acquisition of the Iropharm Ltd. as part of the expansion thrust.