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5 hrs ago | Automotive

The Lubrizol Corporation July 30 Earnings Teleconference

CLEVELAND, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lubrizol Corporation will hold a teleconference with analysts and investors on July 30, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time to review the results for the second quarter of 2009.

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Related Topix: Lubrizol Corporation, Automakers

13 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

Final Regulatory Approval for NOVA Chemicals Transaction With IPIC Received

NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced today that all regulatory approvals required to complete the acquisition of NOVA Chemicals by International Petroleum Investment Company have been received.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, NOVA Chemicals, Chemistry, Science

18 hrs ago | NewsCenter 25

Dow Corning CEO meets with President

Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 3:04 p.m. MIDLAND -- The following is a message from Dow Corning: Dow Corning Corporation chairman, president and CEO Stephanie A. Burns was scheduled to meet with United States President Barack Obama at the White House Thursday.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Midland, MI, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

22 hrs ago | Wide-Format Imaging

Sun Chemical and DIC Introduce SunJet Division

To further build on its market leading position in the inkjet business, Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have announced the creation of a new single, coordinated global structure for the inkjet market under the name SunJet.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Green Car Congress

Dow Planning to Build and Operate a Pilot-Scale Algae-to-Ethanol Biorefinery with Algenol Biofuels

The Dow Chemical Company plans to work with Algenol Biofuels, Inc. to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will produce ethanol, located at Dowa s Freeport, Texas site.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Department of Energy

Platts

Dow shutters some US ethylene, derivative production

Dow Chemical has approved a restructuring plan which calls for the shutdown of a number of manufacturing assets, including ethylene and ethylene-derivative assets in the company's basics portfolio.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Hahnville, LA, Plaquemine, LA

KWTX

Truck vs Gas Meter Prompts Evacuation

A Temple-area business was partially evacuated Tuesday night after pick-up truck veered off the roadway and struck a nearby natural gas meter that supplied the business.

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Related Topix: Temple, TX, Manufacturing

Med Ad News

Bayer Schering Pharma Extends Research Portfolio in the Field of Cancer-Related Targets

Berlin, June 29, 2009 Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Celera Corporation, California, USA, providing Bayer Schering Pharma with access to five cancer-related targets for therapeutic development and in-vivo diagnostic imaging.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Biotech, Bayer AG, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Schering Pharma AG

Wed Jul 01, 2009

KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

Monsanto Sees Strong Performance from New Combo Variety

According to Monsanto Company - the combination of a new biotechnology trait and seed treatment system in soybeans is demonstrating strong early season performance.

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Related Topix: Monsanto, Biotech, Science / Technology

Today's 6

Monsanto officials say layoffs won't affect Idaho

Officials with Monsanto Co. say the 900 planned layoffs announced last week won't have much impact on southeastern Idaho.

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Related Topix: Monsanto, Soda Springs, ID

San Jose Mercury News

Praxair subsidiary acquires coatings supplier

DANBURY, Conn. - Praxair Surface Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of industrial gas maker Praxair Inc., has acquired a supplier of protective coatings for industrial and aviation gas turbines, Praxair said Wednesday Praxair Surface Technologies purchased Sermatech International Holdings Corp.

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Related Topix: Praxair, Danbury Metro, Danbury, CT, New Haven Metro, Business News

Houston Chronicle

Dow Chemical to close three Louisiana plants

Dow Chemical Co. said today it will close three Louisiana plants as part of a shift away from basic chemicals toward the lucrative business of specialty chemicals.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Rohm and Haas, Saginaw Metro, Midland, MI

Ink World

INX International Earns Rexam BCE Award for Fusion Bottle Can

INX International Ink Company recently was the recipient of the Rexam BCE Award for excellence in innovation.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Marketing, Lancashire County, England, World News, Greater Manchester County, England, United Kingdom, West Chicago, IL

Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog

Algae Farm Aims to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel

Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels , a start-up company, are set to announce Monday that they will build a demonstration plant that, if successful, would use algae to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol as a vehicle fuel or an ingredient in plastics.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Freeport, TX

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Business Times

Saudi Aramco, Dow seek bids for petrochem project

KHOBAR : Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical are looking for firms interested in building the first stage of a giant joint-venture petrochemical complex in the kingdom, contractor sources said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical

Seattle's WB

Seed maker Monsanto 3Q profit falls 14 percent, plans to cut 900 jobs

Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 14 percent and disclosed plans to cut 900 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force.

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Related Topix: Monsanto, Agriculture, Science

St. Louis Business Journal

European regulators back Monsanto corn products

European food regulators issued a favorable scientific opinion on Monsanto Co. 's Roundup Ready 2 corn product for cultivation and reaffirmed the safety of its insect-protected corn trait.

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Related Topix: Monsanto, Agriculture, Science

Miami Herald

Charles & Colvard names Lein to board

Charles & Colvard Ltd. on Monday announced the appointment of Charles D. Lein to the synthetic gem maker's board.

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Related Topix: Charles and Colvard, Jewelry

Crain's Cleveland Business

A. Schulman to halt Invision sheet production

A. Schulman Inc. is walking away from a part of its business that it once thought held great potential.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, A Schulman, Sharon-Center, OH

Cleantech.com - Accelerating the next...

Dow, Algenol to build pilot algae-based biorefinery

Chemical company to also provide carbon dioxide source for new Texas biorefinery, pending funding from a US DOE grant.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Department of Energy

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