- High natural gas prices punish Louisiana chemical industry in 2003
Louisiana lost about 1,000 chemical plant jobs this year and industry observers are afraid those high-paying positions are gone for good. The high price of natural gas helped destroy demand over the past year leading to chemical companies shutting down, said Tia Edwards spokeswoman of the Louisiana Chemical Association, which ......
- Chemical Firms Respond To Global Trends
Like all other business sectors, the chemical industry is attempting to change with a global economy. Companies are restructuring, merging with one another or entering into joint ventures in an effort to secure new technology platforms, optimize portfolios and enhance returns to create shareholder value. In doing so, many companies ......
- Price adjustments.
Air Products Polymers, L.P. Lehigh Valley, PA Products: Dabco[R] TEDA-based and Dabco metal-based catalysts Increase: 5-10% Products: Dabco DC silicone- and organic-based catalysts Increase: 10% Effective: January 15, 2008 ANGUS Chemical Company Buffalo Grove, IL Products: All grades of AMP-Ultra[TM] PC neutralizing amines Increase: 3% Effective: January 1, 2008 BASF ......
- Dow AgroSciences prevails in patent dispute over
canola oil.
A federal court judge has ruled that Cargill, Inc. failed to disclose material information to the United States Patent and Trademark Office while pursuing patents on healthy canola oils with increased stability. In the lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Cargill originally alleged ......
- Glycol butyl ether gets the all
clear.
The Dow Chemical Company applauds the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to remove ethylene glycol butyl ether from the Clean Air Act (CAA) list of Hazardous Air Pollutants. The EPA decision means that EGBE will no longer be subject to the CAA's Maximum Achievable Control Technology Requirements, or its ......
- Chemical industry looks to collaborative efforts for successful future of R&D
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 The chemical industry took steps toward making its future more certain when industry leaders gathered at a meeting of the Chemical Industry Vision2020 Technology Partnership last week. The Vision2020 Partnership is an industry-led process to accelerate innovation and technology development by leveraging technical expertise and financial resources....
- Price Adjustments.
Dow Chemical Company Midland, MI Products: Propionic Acid, n-Butyl Acetate, Isobutyl Acetate, Isopropyl Acetate, n-Propyl Acetate, Dowanol[TM] PM, Dowanol PM Elec Grade, Dowanol DPM, Dowanol TPM, Dowanol PMA, Dowanol PMA Elec Grade, Dowanol DPMA, Dowanol PnP, Dowanol DPnP, Dowanol PnB, Dowanol DPnB, Dowanol TPnB, and Dowfroth[TM] 250A Increase: $0.03/lb in ......