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The article offers world news briefs in 2013. AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals sells its Purate water treatment business to Ecolab Inc. Midstream energy services firm Crosstex Energy LP plans to construct a facility that will extract propane and ethane from natural gas liquids from shale gas in Plaquemine, Louisiana. Chemical producer Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. acquires polyvinyl chloride compounding business Comtrex LLC assets.

The article features the top 10 chemical companies based in North America. Chemical companies discussed include revenue gains by coatings company Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Industries and chemical company Economic Laboratory (Ecolab), helped by mergers and acquisitions (M&A), sales increase in 2013 for coatings company Sherwin-Williams, and ExxonMobil Chemical, Dow Chemical and Chevron Phillips Chemical building petrochemical and derivatives projects to benefit from shale gas economics.

The article presents news briefs related to the consumer specialty sector of the chemical industry. Sensient Technologies has invested in the expansion of its food colors capacity in Germany. Ecolab has acquired Powles Hunt & Sons. Del Laboratories, OPl Products and Orly International have begun removing dibutyl phthalate from their products.

Reports on global developments related to chemical industry as of January 10, 2005. Operation of the Westlake Chemical Corp. in Geismar, Louisiana; Plans of Henkel Canada Corp. to close its manufacturing facility in Brampton, Ontario; Acquisition of Midland Research Laboratories Inc. by Ecolab Inc.

Reports on developments concerning consumer specialty chemicals industry. Increase in earnings per share for Procter & Gamble Co. in the quarter ended June 30, 2004; Decline in net sales in the second quarter for Revlon Inc.; Completion of the acquisition of Alcide Corp. by Ecolab Inc.

Presents news about the chemical industry as of March 15, 2004. Atrix Laboratories Inc.'s exclusive marketing pact with Genpharm Inc. for the distribution of specific generic topical dermatology products in Canada; Chiral Quest Inc.'s appointment of Strem Chemicals Inc. as a distributor for several of its proprietary chiral ligand products; Cleaning and pest elimination company Ecolab Inc.'s plan to acquire Alcide Corp., a maker of products to prevent disease in livestock and food.

Reports developments in chemical industry as of January 26, 2004. Integration of the North American and European personal care products and tissue units of Kimberly Clark; Completion of the acquisition of Nigiko by Ecolab Inc.; Increase of the consumption of household products.

Presents news on specialty chemicals business as of February 26, 2001. Increase in sales posted by Ecolab Inc., an industrial and institutional cleaning products and service firm, in the fourth quarter of 2000; Increase in sales posted by Ecolab's United States cleaning and sanitizing business in the same quarter; Increases in the prices of some specialty chemicals.

Presents news briefs related to the chemical industry as of December 11, 2000. Decision of Ecolab Inc. to acquire the remaining 50 percent of Henkel-Ecolab company, the joint venture between Henkel KgaA and Ecolab companies; Plans of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation to expand the manufacturing capacity of its plant in Geino, Japan; Construction of an industrial carbon black plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil by Degussa-Huls AG.

Reports on the earnings-per-share growth of Ecolab Inc., an industrial and institutional cleaning products and services company, in the first quarter of 2000. Earnings per share for the quarter; Total sales for the quarter; Net income for the quarter.

Reports on the earnings of Ecolab company as of March 2000. Earnings per share; Net income; Comments from Allan L. Shuman, chief executive of the company.

Presents news briefs concerning the chemical industry as of February 2000. Acquisition of two cleaning and sanitizing companies in Latin America by Ecolab Inc.; Details on the acquisition bid of Warner-Lambert Co. for Pfizer Inc.; Information on the investment plans of Millennium Inorganic Chemicals company on its ilmenite mine in Brazil.

Provides news briefs about the detergent products industry as of January 24, 2000. Partnership of Ecolab Inc. with Ion Beam Applications; Sale of the janitorial supply division of Harley Chemicals to Bullen Companies; Joint venture of Procter & Gamble Co. with Otres Inc.

Presents information on Tsunami, a product of Ecolab Inc. for controlling microbes. Significance of Tsunami for food processors; Comments from Nick Alfano of Ecolab's director of food markets and business development.

Features Ecolab Inc., a company that provides cleaning and sanitizing products to hotels, restaurants and schools. Overview of the company's operations; Strategy implemented by the company; Other business lines of Ecolab.

Provides information on the second-quarter earnings posted by Ecolab Inc. in 1999. Earnings per share; Percentage increase in sales of its sanitizing and cleaning division; Performance of Ecolab's international operations division.

Reports the first quarter earnings of Ecolab Inc. for 1999. Increase in diluted earnings of the company; Sales of the cleaning and sanitizing products of the company; Factors that cause the weak growth of Ecolab's joint venture with Henkel company.

Reports on the earnings of Ecolab in 1998. Driving factors behind the earnings growth; Comments from Alan L. Schuman, president and chief executive officer of the company; Business segments of the company; Sales performance.

Reports on the earnings posted by Ecolab Inc. in the third-quarter of 1999. Earnings per share; Net sales for the quarter; Sales of the company's domestic and international business.

Reports on Ecolab Inc.'s acquisition of selected technologies from Vulcan Chemical Technologies Inc. for generating chlorine dioxide.

Reports on the financial performance of detergents and personal care products manufacturers Stepan Co. and Ecolab Inc. for the second quarter of the fiscal 1998. Percentage increase of Stepan's net earnings for the quarter; Citation of the 15 percent increase in Ecolab's net income; Factors that triggered the sales increase of the two companies.

Reports on the financial performance of Ecolab Inc. for the first quarter of 1998. Forecasts from analysts; Growth in sales; Performance of Ecolab's new products.

Reports on Ecolab Inc.'s plans to purchase the specialty chemical business of Minneapolis, Minnesota-based industrial cleaning products producer Grace-Lee Products Inc.

Discloses that Gibson Chemical Industries Ltd.'s board of directors is recommending that shareholders accept Ecolab Inc.'s tender offer of $6.57 per share for Gibson's 22.4 million outstanding shares. Terms of Ecolab's offer.

Reports on Ecolab Inc.'s plans to increase its offer price for Gibson Chemical Industries Ltd. of Melbourne, Victoria.

Reports that Ecolab Inc. has launched a tender offer for all the outstanding shares of Gibson Chemical Industries Ltd.

Reports that Ecolab Inc. has acquired 14.9 percent of the outstanding common shares of Gibson Chemical Industries Ltd.

Focuses on Ecolab Inc.'s plan to purchase the Chemidyne marketing division of Chemidyne Corp. Financial performance of Ecolab; Business operations.

Reports on Ecolab Inc.'s financial performance in the fourh quarter of 1996. Domestic sales; Income growth; Improved equity income from joint venture with Henkel.