Chemical News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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