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11/09/2011

Chemetall opens new Butyllithium Plant in India

Chemetall Lithium India Pvt. Ltd., a business unit of Rockwood Holdings, Inc., (NYSE:ROC) has inaugurated its new butyllithium production facility in Gujarat, India. The new site is located in the Dahej SEZ (Special Economic...... more

08/12/2011

Chemetall Increases Organolithium Prices

Chemetall GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ROC), announced today that effective September 1st, 2011, as contracts permit, prices for organolithium products will be increased by 8 percent. ... more

06/16/2011

Chemetall lithium division announces global price increases

Chemetall lithium division is announcing price increases of up to 20 percent for its lithium salts, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and increases on lithium metal battery grade, effective July 1....... more

11/30/2010

Zwischenbericht der „Nationalen Plattform Elektromobilität“ veröffentlicht

Am 30. November 2010 wurde der Zwischenbericht der Nationalen Plattform Elektromobilität auf der Bundespressekonferenz in Berlin vorgestellt. Chemetall Lithium hat als weltweit führender Hersteller von Lithiumverbindungen für...... more

09/20/2010

Chemetall increases Organo Lithium prices

Chemetall a wholly owned subsidary of Rockwood Holdings Inc. announced today that effective October 1st, 2010, as contracts permit, prices for Organo Lithium products will be increased by 8 percent.... more

09/03/2010

Chemetall GmbH Lithium Division now directly represented in Italy

September 3, 2010 Effective from October 1st, 2010, Chemetall’s Lithium Division will handle the Italian market through its own branch office Chemetall Italia S.r.l., based in Giussano (MI). This is in line with Chemetall’s...... more

07/12/2010

Chemetall begins expansion of Chemetall Foote lithium operation in Nevada

Silver Peak, Nevada, July 12, 2010 Chemetall has announced that its subsidiary Chemetall Foote Coroporation has begun the expansion of its lithium production operation in Silver Peak, Nevada. The project is funded in part by a...... more

02/28/2010

Chemetall Reports No Impact from Chilean Earthquake

Frankfurt, February 28, 2010 Chemetall Lithium Division announced that its operations in Chile were not damaged by Saturday´s earthquake and no employees were injured. ... more

09/15/2009

Chemetall Lithium receives funding to set up a pilot plant for the recycling of Lithium Ion Battery Materials

September 15, 2009 The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety awarded 5.7 million Euros to Chemetall Lithium, a unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc., to set up a pilot plant for the...... more

08/10/2009

Chemetall awarded $28.4 million in Stimulus Funds for the Production of Advanced Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries in the U.S.

August 10, 2009 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC) today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded its Chemetall Foote Corp. subsidiary $28.4 million in Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to expand and upgrade...... more

07/12/2009

Chemetall opens new Kilo Lab in Kings Mountain

July 02, 2009 Chemetall Foote Corp, located in Kings Mountain, NC announced the completion of a new kilo lab for use in the development and commercialisation of new reagents to be added to our existing portfolio of products...... more

03/31/2009

Chemetall Lithium India Pvt. Ltd. established

New Delhi, India, March 31, 2009 Chemetall Lithium India Pvt. Ltd. will start operations on April, 1st 2009. The company was registered in December 2008 in New Delhi and is a 100% owned subsidiary of Chemetall GmbH, Germany. ... more

11/17/2008

Chemetall invested in new production facility

November 17, 2008 In September 2008 Chemetall opened a new production facility in its Langelsheim plant.... more

06/27/2008

Chemetall announces global price increases

July 27, 2008 Chemetall is currently increasing prices within a range of 5 to 20 percent or implementing and adjusting specific surcharges due to the requirements of its different global markets. The reasons to take this action...... more

11/03/2007

Prof. Martin Winter researches on the future technology of Lithium-Ion-Batteries at the newly established foundation professorship

November, 2007 The WWU (University of Munster, Germany) established an foundation professorship for applied material sciences for the storage and transformation of energy at its Institute for Physical chemistry which is unique...... more

10/20/2007

Arfvedson-Schlenk Award 2007 goes to Prof. Hans J. Reich

October, 2007 The Arfvedson-Schlenk Award which was founded in 1999 by Chemetall GmbH and GDCh (Society of German Chemists) in order to honour outstanding scientific work on Lithium Chemistry. ... more

09/06/2007

Dr. Steffen Haber now Global Head of Chemetall Lithium Division

April 12, 2007 Chemetall GmbH appointed Dr. Steffen Haber as Global Head of its Lithium Division. In this position he will be in charge of Marketing & Sales, which was his previous responsibility, and in addition Global...... more

01/22/2007

Rockwood Appoints Monika Engel-Bader President of Chemetall

January 22, 2007 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC) has announced that Dr. Monika Engel-Bader has been appointed to the position of president of Chemetall GmbH and related businesses. ... more

10/16/2006

Chemetall Supports Foundation Professorship of Applied Materials Sciences for Energy Storage

October 16, 2006 A foundation professorship, established as the first of its kind in Europe at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Muenster, will concentrate on the research of lithium ion batteries. The current development...... more