Chemical News

Several Decatur industries are taking off as a result of the green revolution, and suppliers of a new generation of passenger jets are among those reaching the highest altitude.

PolyOne Corp. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. PolyOne Corporation is an international polymer services company with operations in thermoplastic compounds specialty resins specialty polymer formulations engineered films color and additive systems elastomer compounding and thermoplastic resin distribution.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter loss narrowed, crediting a sales increase stemming from continued strong consumer demand for lawn and garden products.

London, Nov 5 : Former Imperial Chemical Industries chairman Charles Miller Smith - a man with strong business ties with India - has asked his Indian-origin wife to leave their 'super prime' London mansion in a high-profile divorce battle.

IKONICS Corporation , a Duluth-based imaging technology company, reported sales for the third quarter of 2009 of $3,921,000, a 2.3% increase over the third quarter of 2008, and a 3.5% increase over the second quarter of 2009.

Air Products today has opened its new specialty amines plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Chemical company FMC Corp. said Friday it named Pierre Brondeau as its president and CEO, effective Jan.

Dow Chemical Co and Shenhua Group, China's largest coal miner, will reportedly move ahead with their planned $10 billion coal-to-chemical project in Shaanxi province after a delay of at least one year.

Ferro Corp. said on Tuesday that it set a price of $5.60 per share for an offering of about 35.8 million shares, an increase in the size of the offer.

Houston - Reno-based Itronics, Inc. says it doubled silver sales during the first 9 months of the year, despite a downturn in spent photoliquid volume which the company recovers heavy metals from in the manufacture of its green silver.

Dow Corning Corp. has acquired a Brazilian silicon metal manufacturer plus a half interest in a West Virginia silicon production facility for about $175 million.

Strong consumer demand helped Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. cut its loss in the fourth quarter compared with the year-ago period, the company said today.

Honeywell's UOP and China National Petroleum Corp. to Collaborate on Biofuels Projects in China, Including Renewable Diesel and Renewable Jet 4 November 2009 UOPa s Ecofining process produces drop-in hydrocarbon fuel replacements from natural oils.

PolyOne Corp., an Avon Lake polymer company, earned nearly $50 million during its third quarter, a huge improvement from a loss last year and a result that effectively erased losses from the company's earlier quarters this year.

Freeport residents forced to evacuate because of a leak in a Dow Chemical underground pipeline have been cleared to go home.

Agrium president and CEO Mike Wilson addresses the company's annual meeting in Calgary, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, on Tuesday said it is opening its first research center in China.

Calgary - The Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 7:42AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

Delphi Automotive LLP, which exited bankruptcy protection last month, said Wednesday that it has created a new board that will be led by former DuPont Chairman John Krol.

Fertilizer company Terra Industries Inc. on Wednesday rejected its bigger rival CF Industries' latest unsolicited takeover offer, saying the $4.1 billion bid was still too low.