GERMAN CHEMICAL COMBINE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 100, 29 July 1916, Page 2

GERMAN CHEMICAL COMBINE.

.....in ■ ~..i.,M matjfrm "■■ - '--■ \ new combine in the German chemical industry has been formed; it is, stated to be essentially a consequence of the war. and suggested itself quite Uturallv as the logical outcome of the two existing syndicates iwhidi date from 1904. It was felt hat a syndication of the German chemical industry was necessao ft indnstiy is to maintain its wod^de I pre-eminence, more especially ..i ie Sard to dves. The combine >s to a " i„f ■-,() vears. The individual SS« o-Uin complete independencebut thev will interchange teebnr/Lwledge for the common adv-n-L Everv product will be mtumiac r g !"l bv It least two of the firms m jturccl L>> AZ lLc ... t ~11 pontile combine. The proW» ot all con will be pooled on a pre-arranged 32 While one aim of the comb n Kform a defensive alhance oith J£ wo-ks in the German chemical Sst; against dangers threading from many quarters, to en

able them the more eat** to ue-j are estimated at. o\u Lvks. any case the or the German chemical industry Hi to eig n countries after the war, morepeciallv the difficulties of re-establish-ing relations with customers and the provision of raw materials, are viewed with a good deal of concern. The nm combine is stated to have a laige' capital than any other existmg, Gor[man syndicate, namely, '0 marks. Its members are: 3ad sc Anilinund Soda FabrikjFarben Fabriken Bayer; Aktiengesellschaft fm Anilin-Fabrikation; Farbwerke iloehst; Leopold Cassella ; Kalle and Co.; and Chemische Fabriken Wedoi-te,-hleer.-—''Board of Trade Journal.'