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	Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is to shed 77 of the 650 jobs at its organic pigments factory in Paisley in January.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is to close its textile dyes and chemicals plant in east Manchester by 2008, with the loss of 300 jobs.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is to shed 70 of the 400 jobs at its Clayton plant in Manchester, in order to transfer production of some textile dyes to Asia, and is also considering plans to redevelop parts of the 57-acre.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /cis41427.htm (116 words)

	Business School Case: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc: Managing the Spin-off (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Specialty chemicals are normally added in the synthesis of finished products to enhance their performance, appearance, characteristics or to improve further processing.
		Specialty chemicals are used to enhance the durability, performance, color and feel of materials used to produce an array of industrial and consumer goods.
		Ciba SC acquired Allied Colloids as a part of its strategy to establish a new pillar for profitable and sustainable growth in the area of water treatment additives.
	www.peterkeller.com /misc/ciba/ciba.html (2919 words)

	Water Technology - Ciba Specialty Chemicals - Waste Water Specialties
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals specialises in the supply of a complete range of organic flocculants and coagulants for water treatment.
		Ciba also produces a range of foam inhibitors, assisted dose control systems, and complete systems for handling, preparation and dosing of flocculants and coagulants.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals has expertise in a range of solid liquid separation processes in the municipal and industrial sectors.
	www.water-technology.net /contractors/water_chem/ciba (754 words)

	Industry News - Ciba Specialty Chemicals Posts Higher Sales and Profits
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals announced that results in the first half of 2004 in Swiss francs were higher than the comparable 2003 period in sales, gross profit, operating income, EBITDA and net income.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals' share buy-back program, which began in the second half of 2003 and continued through the first half of 2004, has resulted in the repurchase of 3.065 million shares (or 4.2 percent of the total share capital), with 1.762 million shares having been purchased after February 3, 2004, on the second trading line.
		Specialty effects products have been growing at double-digit rates in recent years, albeit from a small base, while whiteners and hygiene effects continue to be leaders in their markets, although they have faced continuing market pressure.
	www.specialchem4coatings.com /news-trends/displaynews.aspx?id=1635 (2669 words)

	ABC News: Restructuring, Charges Hurt Ciba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba, based in Basel, Switzerland, posted a loss of 22 million Swiss francs ($19.44 million), down from a profit of 43 million francs in 2003.
		Ciba said it will face many challenges this year due to higher raw material prices and continued currency pressure from the weak dollar.
		Ciba's specialty chemicals are used to enhance the durability, performance, color and feel of materials in clothes, packaging, household appliances, automobiles and other industrial and consumer goods.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=460867 (442 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals produces acrylic-based flocculants and viscosity modifiers used in mineral separation processes such as in the alumina and gold sectors.
		Ciba is capable of producing 6 000 tonnes each of liquid polymers and powders.
		In April 1997, Allied Colloids purchased Imdex Chemicals (from Imdex Ltd) for A$14.4 million and now operates as Ciba Specialty Chemicals.
	www.chemlink.com.au /ciba.htm (212 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland.
		and water treatment chemicals worldwide, technologies, markets, companies and the future development
		This page was last modified 07:02, 10 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ciba_Specialty_Chemicals (130 words)

	Water Technology - Ciba Specialty Chemicals at IFAT 2002
		With the slogan "Ciba worldwide and close to the customer" the segment Water & Paper Treatment of Ciba Specialty Chemicals presents itself at this year's international trade show on pollution control, IFAT 2002, which takes place in Munich from May 13th until May 17th.
		At the IFAT 2002 trade show Ciba Specialty Chemicals emphasizes its expertise in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment by innovative chemistry and technical equipment.
		Ciba's continuing operations generated sales of CHF 7.4 billion in 2001 and CHF 276 million was spent on R&D to foster innovation across the Company.
	www.water-technology.net /contractors/water_chem/ciba/press1.html (537 words)

	Iraq Suppliers - Ciba Specialty Chemicals - Supplying for the rebuilding of Iraq
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals, headquartered in Basel/Switzerland, is a global company producing effects that improve the quality of life.
		Ciba strives to be the partner of choice for customers, offering innovative products as well as sharing our know-how as a one-stop expert service.
		Ciba products improve existing or add new qualities to materials at every stage of their production, drawing on a wide expertise in organic synthesis, solid state chemistry and physics, polymer chemistry, catalysis, biocatalysis, photochemistry/photophysics – and, of course, customer applications.
	www.iraqsupplier.com /docs/profiles/ciba/home.htm (563 words)

	Business Wire: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Annual General Meeting... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals (SWX:CIBN) is a leading company dedicated to producing high-value effects for our customers' products.
		Ciba brings new and creative thought to the processes and products of our customers in more than 117 countries.
		Ciba generated sales of more than ($5.8 billion) CHF 8.4 billion in 1998 and spent 300 million on R&D to foster innovation across the Company.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:54247331&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (944 words)

	Indiainfoline.com Ciba Specialty Chemicals (India) Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals (India) a 51% subsidiary of Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc, Switzerland and its subsidiaries recently divested its performance polymer business in line with the global divestment made by the parent.
		The specialty chemical industry caters to almost all consumer industries but its main user segments are textiles, leather and paper and printing inks industry.
		Ciba is the third largest player in the specialty chemicals segment.
	www.indiainfoline.com /comp/cibc/cibc.html (492 words)

	JS Online: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Posts Profit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba said it expects continued growth in the second half of this year.
		Ciba said it plans to cut up to 450 jobs in its water and paper treatment business and other divisions by the end of 2002.
		Ciba also said Tuesday that it expected its market to contract in the full year rather than grow by 2 percent, as it estimated earlier.
	www.jsonline.com /bym/news/ap/aug01/ap-earns-ciba082101.asp?format=print (302 words)

	Mining Technology - Ciba Speciality Chemicals - Flocculants for the Mining and Oil Industries
		Ciba® ALCOTAC® - this trade name is also applied to a limited range of dust suppressants, which includes a universal film former for stockpile / railcar sealing and a multipurpose wetting agent for haul roads, conveyer transfer and discharge points.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals invested CHF281 million in RandD, a vital and necessary commitment if we are to maintain our lead in the market place.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals brings new and creative thought to the processes and products of our customers in more than 117 countries.
	www.mining-technology.com /contractors/chemicals/ciba (836 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals Launches Ciba Rheomax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba® Rheomax™ Flocculants manufactured using the DR Technology show superior flocculating properties to conventional chemistry flocculants for many different mineral ore types and offer a significant reduction in overall consumption at similar settling rates.
		Ciba Rheomax DR products create structures which are more robust than those formed by conventional flocculants and are more tolerant of fluctuations in plant and feedwell conditions.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is active in more than 120 countries around the world and is committed to be a leader in its chosen markets.
	www.waterandwastewater.com /www_services/news_center/publish/printer_00377.shtml (523 words)

	UNCTAD.ORG >> News Releases 2005 >> UNCTAD RELEASES NEW GUIDELINES ON CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING, ADOPTED FIRST ...
		The guidelines have now been adopted by Ciba Specialty Chemicals, making it the first multinational company to base its environmental reporting (2) on the UNCTAD model.
		Based on the detailed definitions of five key eco-efficiency parameters in the UNCTAD manual, Ciba Specialty Chemicals is publishing in its Report on Environment, Health and Safety 2003 for the years 2000 to 2003 global figures on energy requirement, water used, global warming contribution, contribution to ozone depletion and waste.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a leading global company dedicated to producing high-value effects for its customers´ products - adding performance, protection, colour and strength to textiles, plastics, paper, automobiles, buildings, home and personal care products, among others.
	www.unctad.org /Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=4432&intItemID=1634 (727 words)

	News: Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Uniqema to expand their cooperation in surface modifiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Uniqema to expand their cooperation in surface modifiers for polymers
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals’ Additives Division, a leading supplier of polymer additives, and Uniqema, have announced the expansion of their co-operation in surface modifiers for polymers.
		Effective April 1, 2000, Ciba Specialty Chemicals will become the exclusive distributor of Uniqema’s erucamide, oleamide and stearamide products, used as slip agents in polymers and currently sold under the trade names Uniwax® and Unislip®.
	www.uniqema.com /news/news03009.htm (462 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals and EPI Environmental Technologies to cooperate in additives for degradable polymers in ...
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc., the leading global polymer additives supplier, and EPI Environmental Technologies Inc., a supplier of products for totally degradable plastic applications, have signed a global cooperation agreement.
		EnvirocareTM additives are specialty chemicals to be added to conventional thermoplastic polymers like polyethylene and polypropylene to produce, on standard manufacturing machines, degradable plastic articles with controlled lifetimes, thanks to a trigger mechanism based on thermal- and/or photo-oxidation.
		Ciba's continuing operations generated sales of CHF 7.9 billion in 2000 and CHF 293 million was spent on R&D to foster innovation across the Company.
	www.waternunc.com /gb/ciba03.htm (528 words)

	The Composites Corner, brought to you by the Turner Moss Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, the North American arm of Ciba Specialty Chemicals, of Switzerland, manufactures specialty chemicals in five markets: additives, consumer care chemicals (chemicals, dyes and chelating agents), quinacridone organic pigments, performance polymers, and textile dyes.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation's Performance Polymers Group produces and supplies polyurethane and polyurea elastomers; epoxy and polyurethane adhesives and formulated resins; polyurethane foam modeling stock; and epoxy tooling prepreg and modeling systems.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation's Polymers Division researches and develops a broad range of epoxy, bismaleimide, cyanate ester, and polyimide resins and diamine hardeners for use in coatings, in composite matrices, and in electronic laminate and casting applications.
	www.advmat.com /CC/id083.html (378 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals (India): Sell on uptrend
		Ciba is a major player in the textile chemicals business which is also among the most profitable segments in the industry.
		Ciba is a market leader in such segments as additives where growth rate is likely to be higher.
		Though Ciba has access to high-growth segments, it remains to be seen if the company will make full use of the same and manage good earnings growth.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /businessline/iw/2001/05/27/stories/0227b055.htm (450 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals acquires Pira International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is strengthening Ciba® Expert Services with the acquisition of Pira International, a leading supplier of business solutions to the packaging, paper, printing and publishing industries.
		This is complementary to Ciba’s current expert services’ offer, which provides color, environmental, regulatory, safety, testing and educational services, as well as technical know-how to support specific business areas.
		Ciba generated sales of around CHF 6.6 billion in 2003 and CHF 281 million was spent on R&D to foster innovation across the Company.
	www.pira.co.uk /pira/piranet.asp?page=/pira/PressRelease.htm&GroupNewsItemId=114&Group=0&SubGroup=0 (489 words)

	Paperloop.com - News•Analysis•Prices•Forecasts•Data•Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals plans to further build on Raisio Chemicals’ strategic positioning in the Scandinavian market, the center of the global paper industry.
		Raisio Chemicals’ key business areas include latex binders that are used to improve paper appearance, printability and readability; starch binders used to improve the internal and surface strength, as well as the printability, of paper and board; and specialty chemicals such as hydrophobic sizing agents, specialty wet end polymers, de-inking chemicals and coating additives.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals currently offers a wide range of paper chemicals for both process and functional paper making applications, including drainage and retention aids, fixatives, paper whiteners, paper coloration, coating additives, surface modifiers, barrier effects, sizing agents and products for carbonless and thermal papers.
	www.paperloop.com /db_area/archive/pponews/2004/wk03_15_2004/87.html (1351 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding News
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc. on Thursday posted a 44 percent drop in third-quarter net profit because of higher costs and restructuring charges.
		The township is in the process of purchasing close to 100 acres of land to preserve as open space, much of it from Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., municipal officials said.
		Two contractors for Ciba Specialty Chemicals were taken to the hospital and put through a chemical shower as a precaution.
	www.topix.net /com/csb (774 words)

	Ciba Specialty Chemicals mejora sus resultados en el tercer trimestre - Noticias
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals registró una mejora en las ventas y los beneficios de los primeros nueve meses y el tercer trimestre de 2004, comparado con el mismo periodo del año anterior.
		La rentabilidad de Ciba, excluyendo los efectos de la adquisición, mejoraron claramente en el tercer trimestre debido a la mejora del desarrollo de los precios de venta, grandes volúmenes, mayor utilización de la capacidad de fabricación de las plantas y una firme gestión de los costes.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals ve una continua mejora en varias áreas de la economía global.
	www.quimicauniversal.com /Noticias/Noticia.asp?ID=8915 (284 words)

	Invest in Finland - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		According to Ciba, the acquisition, which is expected to close in Q2- or Q3-2004, brings together two complementary paper-chemical supply businesses and will result in the creation of a top-tier chemical supplier in the paper industry.
		In its statement, Ciba said that the campus is a strong contributing factor in preserving the customer-service element, particularly among major Scandinavian paper customers, and that it sees substantial benefits in further developing this.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a leading global company operating in the textile, plastics, paper, automobile, construction, home and personal care sectors.
	www.investinfinland.fi /news/2004/en_GB/1087200159844 (767 words)

	U.S. Energy Systems Commissions Energy Supply to Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals is an international company and a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
		Ciba's specialty chemicals, added in small quantities, enhance the performance, look and feel of the final product.
		Ciba's continuing operations generated sales of CHF 7.4 billion in 2001 and CHF 276 million was spent on R & D to foster innovation across the company.
	www.energy-markets.com /headlines/01-27-2003/0001879339.htm (587 words)

	The MCP group: Press Releases Englisch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals and HEK GmbH, the Tooling Technologies Division of MCP Group, have signed a partnership agreement under which the MCP Group has exclusive worldwide (except Japan) distribution rights to Ciba Specialty Chemicals' high performance range of vacuum casting resins.
		The combination of Ciba Specialty Chemicals' experience as the world's leading supplier of plastic tooling materials and MCP Group as the leading vacuum casting systems manufacturer and supplier, of rapid prototyping technology and know-how promises a very strong start to distribution of this range.
		Ciba Specialty Chemicals PLC develops, produces and sells specialty chemicals worldwide through four global business divisions - Additives, Consumer Care, Colours and Performance Polymer.
	www.mcp-group.de /download/ciba-hek_09_08_99e.htm (380 words)

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