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Alexander H. Tullo

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  • 2 weeks ago | cen.acs.org | Alexander H. Tullo

    Honeywell International has agreed to purchase Johnson Matthey's catalyst technologies business for about $2.3 billion. It plans to combine the business with its UOP subsidiary to create a chemical process engineering and catalysis giant. Johnson Matthey's catalyst business generated $930 million in sales during the company's most recent fiscal year.

  • 3 weeks ago | cen.acs.org | Alexander H. Tullo

    Chemical companies have gotten a reprieve-albeit a temporary one-from sky-high tariffs. The US and China declared a 90-day truce in their trade war during a meeting between the countries in Geneva to negotiate a broader trade agreement. Both countries walked back most of the tariffs they levied on each other in early April. This cycle of retaliation culminated in new US duties on goods from China of 145% and Chinese duties on US goods of 125%.

  • 1 month ago | cen.acs.org | Alexander H. Tullo

    Amid a period of uncertainty that one executive calls a "fog," chemical companies are doing damage assessment and honing their strategies to respond to the trade war that erupted a month ago. On April 2, the Donald J. Trump administration imposed a 10% duty on all major trading partners. More alarming for companies of all types, it also imposed 145% tariffs on goods from China, prompting that country to slap retaliatory tariffs on US products.

  • 1 month ago | pubs.acs.org | Alexander H. Tullo

    Monday, May 12, 2025 Please be aware that pubs.acs.org is undergoing maintenance from Saturday February 1 to Monday Febraury 3, that may have an impact on your experience. During this time, you may not be able to access certain features like login, purchasing single articles, saving searches or running existing saved searches, modifying your e-Alert preferences, or accessing Librarian administrative functions. We appreciate your patience as we continue to improve the ACS Publications platform.

  • 1 month ago | cen.acs.org | Alexander H. Tullo

    Struggling with debt and a market swamped with overcapacity, the nylon 6,6 producer Ascend Performance Materials has declared bankruptcy in Texas. Ascend says that it is pursuing an easy restructuring process that will wrap up in about 6 months. It has secured $250 million in debtor-in-possession financing that will allow it to continue running its operations in the interim.

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