GROUP SUBMISSION: Due 27 June 2011 Midnight American Chemical Corporation CASE QUESTIONS Read the American Chemical Corporation case that was handed to you. The underlying question to be answered is should Dixon acquire the Collinsville plant. In your case write-up‚ you can discuss the questions given below. Please note that the given questions are to be used only as a guide for your discussion. You do not need to answer the questions in the sequence they are presented. You can use the spreadsheet
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Case: AMERICAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Dixon‚ an American specialty chemical producer‚ wants to buy Collinsville plant from American Chemical Corporation‚ another typical chemical company in 1979. Dixon wants to diversify its product line buy acquiring the aforesaid plant‚ which produces sodium-chlorate to supply to paper producers in Southeastern part of the US. This plant initially cost 12 mln. USD and additional 2‚25 mln. USD needed to buy laminate technology to increase efficiency
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Case Study: Grayson Chemical Company Presented by: Allan Bermudez Marlon Abito Zarny Zaragoza CASE STUDY: Grayson Chemical Co. Executive Summary: Grayson Chemical Co‚ a 40-year old company manufactures industrial chemicals sold to other industrial companies. It has been run by a stable management in which there had only been two presidents. However‚ within the past few years‚ the company is suffering from declining earnings and sales. This has brought pressure from the board of directors
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Cost of equity and the WACC (see Table 1) Because US future risk premium ranges from 3% to 5%‚ the risk premium used in this case is 4%. In terms of unlevered beta of assets‚ we used average of the companies that is specialized for 21`only. Based on all above judgements‚ calculated cost of equity is 15.37%‚ and WACC is 12.01%. Calculation of NPVs Table 2 and Table 3 show the next 10 years cash flow of the Collinsville Plant without and with laminated graphite electrodes. Using the calculated
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6/11/2013 6/11/2013 Job Analysis and Hiring Decisions at Ovania Chemical MBA 509- Section 4 Tahira Khan (1110877) Rajin Haq (1110878) Md. Abdullah Saleh (0730072) Instructor: Dr. M. Nazmul Amin Majumder Job Analysis and Hiring Decisions at Ovania Chemical MBA 509- Section 4 Tahira Khan (1110877)
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Soren Chemical Case Study Position Statement The main problem‚ as depicted within the case study‚ is the significantly low sales of Soren Chemical’s new product‚ Coracle. Since the sales of the new product were way below what Jen Moritz had anticipated‚ it is apparent that the new product had registered poor performance in the market. The company needs to employ effective market strategies through which it would increase the number of Coracle units‚ which would sold in the subsequent financial
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Effective Treatments for Chemical Dependency Brenda Clark Argosy University Online Abstract This study was done to show if continuing aftercare treatment after leaving a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center will have less chance of relapsing‚ and more of a chance of staying sober and clean. Participants included twenty volunteers (7 females‚ 13 males). These participants were part of some type of inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation treatment center for addiction
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Introduction The project provides Dow Chemical with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the leading petrochemical company in Argentina as well as in Latin America. In addition‚ the petrochemical sector in Argentina is also an oligopoly‚ posing a low business risk for this project. 1.1 Key advantages of the Bahia Blanca petrochemical pole • The PBB cracker is gas-based making it less costly to operate as compared to a naphtha-based cracker; • There is an excess demand for Polyethylene
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Victoria Chemicals: Case study Introduction Victoria Chemicals is a major competitor in the worldwide chemical industry. They are a leading producer of polypropylene‚ which is a polymer used in products such as medical products and automobile components. Victoria Chemicals started up in 1967 when they built two plants‚ one in Merseyside‚ England and one in Rotterdam‚ Holland. Both plants were identical to each other and produced an equal amount of goods. In 2008 these two plants have an old-fashioned
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I. Introduction Victoria Chemicals is one of the leading producers of Polypropelene‚ a polymer that is used in many products ranging from carpet fibers‚ automobile automobile components‚ packaging film and more. When Victoria Chemicals started up in 1967 they built two plants‚ one in Merseyside‚ England and one in Rotterdam‚ Holland. Both plants were identical to each other and produced an equal amount of goods. Morris Greystock‚ the controller of the Merseyside plant had notice a decline in
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