funding from a group of investors, including BASF Venture Capital. SDC's Tempe facility produces a range of catalysts for hydrogenation, automotive emissions reduction, and isomerization and reforming in refineries. The company's catalysts are claimed to require smaller concentrations of precious me
Novozymes 1Q 2009
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 2009
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1351-4210
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โฆ Synopsis
Novecare provides high-performance products and solutions to a wide range of industries including cosmetics, detergents, agrochemicals and oil, as well as industrial applications. Novecare's Home & Personal Care and Agro segments demonstrated resilience while Oilfield and Industrial applications experienced a slowdown. The enterprise demonstrated good pricing power, with price increases amounting to 8% overall, more than offsetting increases in raw material costs. The enterprise completed the acquisition of McIntyre [Focus on Surfactants, Apr 2009] -its integration has started well and is proceeding smoothly. Novecare is confident in its ability to achieve the expected synergies by 2011. Looking forward, Home & Personal Care and Agro activities should remain resilient whereas Oilfield activities continue to deteriorate and no recovery is perceivable so far in the Industrial segments
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